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Recognised as Colour

#16338F

  • #16338F
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#16338F is a blue with RGB values 22, 51, 143 and HSL 226°, 73%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#16338F#16338F
HEX#16338F
RGBrgb(22, 51, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.2, 0.5608
RGB percentages8.6%, 20%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(225.6, 73.3%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.6, 84.6%, 56.1%)
CMYK84.6%, 64.3%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,454,991
CSS custom property--colour: #16338F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#E9CC70

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004292no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#00368Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#004B5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6Slate blue · ΔE 22.7Royal blue · ΔE 25.3Indigo · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8F7216
Analogous#166F8F, #36168F
Triadic#8F1633, #338F16
Split complementary#8F3616, #6F8F16
Tetradic#8F166F, #8F7216, #168F36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#859EEC
Lighter +30%#597AE5
Lighter +20%#2C57DF
Lighter +10%#1D43BB
Darker −10%#0F2363
Darker −20%#081337
Darker −30%#02040A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0128A4
Less saturated −25%#2B3E7A

Channel breakdown

R22
G51
B143
Red22 (8.6%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue225.62°
Saturation (HSL)73.33%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 33 · B 8F

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