Recognised as Colour

#162C34

#162C34
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#162C34 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 44, 52 and HSL 196°, 41%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#162C34#162C34

HEX#162C34

RGBrgb(22, 44, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1725, 0.2039

RGB percentages8.6%, 17.3%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(196, 40.5%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196, 57.7%, 20.4%)

CMYK57.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 79.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,453,108

CSS custom property--colour: #162C34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.54:1

Contrast with white14.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#E9D3CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#272B34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#232834no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#072F2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.3 Black · ΔE 19.3 Dim grey · ΔE 29.5 Slate grey · ΔE 36.5 Gray · ΔE 38.3 Teal · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 16.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#341E16

Analogous#16342D, #161D34

Triadic#34162C, #2C3416

Split complementary#34161D, #342D16

Tetradic#2D1634, #341E16, #1D3416

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5CA1BA

Lighter +30%#4387A0

Lighter +20%#34697C

Lighter +10%#254A58

Darker −10%#070E10

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0D303D

Less saturated −25%#1F282B

Channel breakdown

R22

G44

B52

Red22 (8.6%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue196°

Saturation (HSL)40.54%

Lightness14.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 2C · B 34

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