Colour

#16253E

#16253E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#16253E is a blue with RGB values 22, 37, 62 and HSL 218°, 48%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#16253E#16253E

HEX#16253E

RGBrgb(22, 37, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1451, 0.2431

RGB percentages8.6%, 14.5%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(217.5, 47.6%, 16.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 64.5%, 24.3%)

CMYK64.5%, 40.3%, 0%, 75.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,451,326

CSS custom property--colour: #16253E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness37.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.35:1

Contrast with white15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#E9DAC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1B273Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#16233Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#002B2Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 23.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.2 Dim grey · ΔE 34.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.3 Slate grey · ΔE 39.2 Steel blue · ΔE 41

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#3E2F16

Analogous#16393E, #1B163E

Triadic#3E1625, #253E16

Split complementary#3E1B16, #393E16

Tetradic#3E1639, #3E2F16, #163E1B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#5B83C5

Lighter +30%#3E68AF

Lighter +20%#315289

Lighter +10%#233B64

Darker −10%#090F18

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0B2248

Less saturated −25%#202833

Channel breakdown

R22

G37

B62

Red22 (8.6%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue217.5°

Saturation (HSL)47.62%

Lightness16.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 25 · B 3E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#16253E

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else