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Recognised as Colour

#162D9B

  • #162D9B
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#162D9B is a blue with RGB values 22, 45, 155 and HSL 230°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#162D9B#162D9B
HEX#162D9B
RGBrgb(22, 45, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1765, 0.6078
RGB percentages8.6%, 17.6%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(229.6, 75.1%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.6, 85.8%, 60.8%)
CMYK85.8%, 71%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,453,467
CSS custom property--colour: #162D9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.15:1
Contrast with white11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#E9D264

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00429Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#003599no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#004C60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15.4Navy · ΔE 17.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.4Indigo · ΔE 19.4Dark blue · ΔE 20.1Slate blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B8416
Analogous#166F9B, #42169B
Triadic#9B162D, #2D9B16
Split complementary#9B4216, #6F9B16
Tetradic#9B166F, #9B8416, #169B42

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8E9FEF
Lighter +30%#6179E9
Lighter +20%#3553E2
Lighter +10%#1C3AC8
Darker −10%#10206E
Darker −20%#091342
Darker −30%#030615
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001FB1
Less saturated −25%#2C3B85

Channel breakdown

R22
G45
B155
Red22 (8.6%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue229.62°
Saturation (HSL)75.14%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 2D · B 9B

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