#00162c

Color #00162c

A vivid, highly saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 18.73 Nearest Tailwind class gray-900 #101828 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#00162c

RGB

rgb(0, 22, 44)

HSL

hsl(210, 100%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 100%, 17.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 50%, 0%, 82.7%)

LAB

lab(6.83, 0.95, -17.41)

LCH

lch(6.83, 17.44, 273.12)

OKLCH

oklch(19.6%, 0.0539, 248.77)

HWB

hwb(210, 0%, 82.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2c1600

Analogous

#002c2c

#00162c

#00002c

Triadic

#00162c

#2c0016

#162c00

Split-complementary

#00162c

#2c0000

#2c2c00

Tetradic

#00162c

#16002c

#2c1600

#162c00

Square

#00162c

#2c002c

#2c1600

#002c00

Shades

Color #00162c mixed toward black.

#001225

#000f1d

#000b16

#00070f

#000407

Tints

Color #00162c mixed toward white.

#003d7a

#0064c7

#168aff

#64b1ff

#b1d8ff

Tones

Color #00162c mixed toward gray.

#041628

#071625

#0b1621

#0f161d

#12161a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.15:1

White text reads better on this background (18.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0b0c28 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#0a0827 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#012423 · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#151515 · ΔE 12.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #00162c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00162c]

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Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#00162c (#00162c) is rgb(0, 22, 44) in RGB.

No, #00162c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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