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Recognised as Colour

#162B8B

  • #162B8B
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#162B8B is a blue with RGB values 22, 43, 139 and HSL 229°, 73%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#162B8B#162B8B
HEX#162B8B
RGBrgb(22, 43, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1686, 0.5451
RGB percentages8.6%, 16.9%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(229.2, 72.7%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.2, 84.2%, 54.5%)
CMYK84.2%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,452,939
CSS custom property--colour: #162B8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness58.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.98:1
Contrast with white11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#E9D474

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003189no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#004557no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.3Indigo · ΔE 22Navy · ΔE 22.3Slate blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B7616
Analogous#16658B, #3C168B
Triadic#8B162B, #2B8B16
Split complementary#8B3B16, #668B16
Tetradic#8B1665, #8B7616, #168B3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8295EB
Lighter +30%#566FE4
Lighter +20%#2A4ADD
Lighter +10%#1D39B7
Darker −10%#0F1D5F
Darker −20%#081033
Darker −30%#010207
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#021E9F
Less saturated −25%#2A3877

Channel breakdown

R22
G43
B139
Red22 (8.6%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue229.23°
Saturation (HSL)72.67%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 2B · B 8B

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