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Recognised as Colour

#164A5E

  • #164A5E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#164A5E is a cyan with RGB values 22, 74, 94 and HSL 197°, 62%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#164A5E#164A5E
HEX#164A5E
RGBrgb(22, 74, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.2902, 0.3686
RGB percentages8.6%, 29%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(196.7, 62.1%, 22.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 76.6%, 36.9%)
CMYK76.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,460,830
CSS custom property--colour: #164A5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.65:1
Contrast with white9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#E9B5A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F495Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#36415Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#005051no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.3Dim grey · ΔE 24.6Slate grey · ΔE 25.6Light slate grey · ΔE 28.4Teal · ΔE 28.4Steel blue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E2A16
Analogous#165E4E, #16265E
Triadic#5E164A, #4A5E16
Split complementary#5E1626, #5E4E16
Tetradic#4E165E, #5E2A16, #265E16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#65BADB
Lighter +30%#3CA8D1
Lighter +20%#298BB1
Lighter +10%#206B87
Darker −10%#0C2935
Darker −20%#03090B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#08506C
Less saturated −25%#25444F

Channel breakdown

R22
G74
B94
Red22 (8.6%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue196.67°
Saturation (HSL)62.07%
Lightness22.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 4A · B 5E

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