Colour

#162D8A

#162D8A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#162D8A is a blue with RGB values 22, 45, 138 and HSL 228°, 72%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#162D8A

RGBrgb(22, 45, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1765, 0.5412

RGB percentages8.6%, 17.6%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(228.1, 72.5%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(228.1, 84.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK84.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,453,450

CSS custom property--colour: #162D8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.82:1

Contrast with white11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#E9D275

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003D8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Deuteranopia#003288no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#004657no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.8 Indigo · ΔE 23.7 Slate blue · ΔE 23.7 Navy · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A7316

Analogous#16678A, #39168A

Triadic#8A162D, #2D8A16

Split complementary#8A3916, #678A16

Tetradic#8A1667, #8A7316, #168A39

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8196EB

Lighter +30%#5571E4

Lighter +20%#294DDD

Lighter +10%#1D3BB6

Darker −10%#0F1F5E

Darker −20%#081032

Darker −30%#010206

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#02219E

Less saturated −25%#2A3976

Channel breakdown

R22

G45

B138

Red22 (8.6%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue228.1°

Saturation (HSL)72.5%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 2D · B 8A

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