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Recognised as Colour

#16372C

  • #16372C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#16372C is a cyan with RGB values 22, 55, 44 and HSL 160°, 43%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#16372C#16372C
HEX#16372C
RGBrgb(22, 55, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.2157, 0.1725
RGB percentages8.6%, 21.6%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(160, 42.9%, 15.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 60%, 21.6%)
CMYK60%, 0%, 20%, 78.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,455,916
CSS custom property--colour: #16372C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.99:1
Contrast with white12.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#E9C8D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#36332Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#30302Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#093734no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.4Black · ΔE 25.7Dim grey · ΔE 28.7Teal · ΔE 33.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 35.2Gray · ΔE 36.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#371621
Analogous#16371B, #163237
Triadic#2C1637, #372C16
Split complementary#371631, #371C16
Tetradic#1C1637, #371621, #323716

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5BBE9D
Lighter +30%#42A483
Lighter +20%#338066
Lighter +10%#255B49
Darker −10%#07130F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0C412F
Less saturated −25%#202D29

Channel breakdown

R22
G55
B44
Red22 (8.6%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness15.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 37 · B 2C

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