Colour

#164B90

#164B90
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#164B90 is a blue with RGB values 22, 75, 144 and HSL 214°, 73%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#164B90

RGBrgb(22, 75, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.2941, 0.5647

RGB percentages8.6%, 29.4%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(213.9, 73.5%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(213.9, 84.7%, 56.5%)

CMYK84.7%, 47.9%, 0%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,461,136

CSS custom property--colour: #164B90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.6:1

Contrast with white8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#E9B46F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#255293no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#00478Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#005C66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.3 Steel blue · ΔE 26.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 28.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.3 Royal blue · ΔE 31.8 Slate blue · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 16.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#905B16

Analogous#168890, #1E1690

Triadic#90164B, #4B9016

Split complementary#901E16, #889016

Tetradic#901688, #905B16, #16901E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#86B2EC

Lighter +30%#5996E6

Lighter +20%#2D7ADF

Lighter +10%#1D62BC

Darker −10%#0F3464

Darker −20%#081D38

Darker −30%#02060B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0148A5

Less saturated −25%#2B4E7B

Channel breakdown

R22

G75

B144

Red22 (8.6%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue213.93°

Saturation (HSL)73.49%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 4B · B 90

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