Recognised as Colour

#162CAC

#162CAC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#162CAC is a blue with RGB values 22, 44, 172 and HSL 231°, 77%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#162CAC#162CAC

HEX#162CAC

RGBrgb(22, 44, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1725, 0.6745

RGB percentages8.6%, 17.3%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(231.2, 77.3%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(231.2, 87.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK87.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,453,228

CSS custom property--colour: #162CAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.55:1

Contrast with white10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#E9D353

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0037AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00526Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.8 Navy · ΔE 15.5 Indigo · ΔE 19.8 Slate blue · ΔE 22.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23 Midnight blue · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AC9616

Analogous#1677AC, #4B16AC

Triadic#AC162C, #2CAC16

Split complementary#AC4B16, #77AC16

Tetradic#AC1677, #AC9616, #16AC4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9CA8F2

Lighter +30%#6E81ED

Lighter +20%#415AE7

Lighter +10%#1C38D9

Darker −10%#10207F

Darker −20%#0A1552

Darker −30%#050924

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001CC2

Less saturated −25%#2E3D94

Channel breakdown

R22

G44

B172

Red22 (8.6%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue231.2°

Saturation (HSL)77.32%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 2C · B AC

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