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Recognised as Colour

#16323C

  • #16323C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#16323C is a cyan with RGB values 22, 50, 60 and HSL 196°, 46%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#16323C#16323C
HEX#16323C
RGBrgb(22, 50, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1961, 0.2353
RGB percentages8.6%, 19.6%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(195.8, 46.3%, 16.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 63.3%, 23.5%)
CMYK63.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,454,652
CSS custom property--colour: #16323C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness45 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.5:1
Contrast with white13.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#E9CDC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C313Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#272D3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#003535no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.2Black · ΔE 22.5Dim grey · ΔE 27.9Slate grey · ΔE 34.1Teal · ΔE 36.4Gray · ΔE 36.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 14.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C2016
Analogous#163C33, #161F3C
Triadic#3C1632, #323C16
Split complementary#3C161F, #3C3316
Tetradic#33163C, #3C2016, #1F3C16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5BA8C3
Lighter +30%#3F8FAC
Lighter +20%#317087
Lighter +10%#245161
Darker −10%#081317
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0C3746
Less saturated −25%#202D32

Channel breakdown

R22
G50
B60
Red22 (8.6%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue195.79°
Saturation (HSL)46.34%
Lightness16.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 32 · B 3C

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