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Recognised as Colour

#16395C

  • #16395C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#16395C is a blue with RGB values 22, 57, 92 and HSL 210°, 61%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#16395C#16395C
HEX#16395C
RGBrgb(22, 57, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.2235, 0.3608
RGB percentages8.6%, 22.4%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(210, 61.4%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CMYK76.1%, 38%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,456,476
CSS custom property--colour: #16395C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.84:1
Contrast with white11.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#E9C6A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#293B5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#1F345Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#004146no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.6Steel blue · ΔE 30.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.7Dim grey · ΔE 32.4Slate grey · ΔE 32.9Black · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 25.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C3916
Analogous#165C5C, #16165C
Triadic#5C1639, #395C16
Split complementary#5C1616, #5C5C16
Tetradic#5C165C, #5C3916, #165C16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#649FDA
Lighter +30%#3B86D0
Lighter +20%#2A6CAE
Lighter +10%#205285
Darker −10%#0C1F33
Darker −20%#02060A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#08396A
Less saturated −25%#24394E

Channel breakdown

R22
G57
B92
Red22 (8.6%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)61.4%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 39 · B 5C

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