Recognised as Colour

#16486D

#16486D
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#16486D is a blue with RGB values 22, 72, 109 and HSL 206°, 66%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#16486D

RGBrgb(22, 72, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.2824, 0.4275

RGB percentages8.6%, 28.2%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(205.5, 66.4%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(205.5, 79.8%, 42.7%)

CMYK79.8%, 33.9%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,460,333

CSS custom property--colour: #16486D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.62:1

Contrast with white9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#E9B792

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#37496Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B416Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005155no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 24.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.3 Slate grey · ΔE 28.3 Dim grey · ΔE 30.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 24.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6D3B16

Analogous#166D67, #161C6D

Triadic#6D1648, #486D16

Split complementary#6D161C, #6D6716

Tetradic#67166D, #6D3B16, #1C6D16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#6DB0E2

Lighter +30%#4399D9

Lighter +20%#2780C2

Lighter +10%#1F6497

Darker −10%#0D2C43

Darker −20%#051018

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#064A7D

Less saturated −25%#26465D

Channel breakdown

R22

G72

B109

Red22 (8.6%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue205.52°

Saturation (HSL)66.41%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 48 · B 6D

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