#00169b

Color #00169b

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 6.29 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#00169b

RGB

rgb(0, 22, 155)

HSL

hsl(231.5, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.5, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 85.8%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(19.8, 46.98, -70.19)

LCH

lch(19.8, 84.46, 303.8)

OKLCH

oklch(32.9%, 0.2045, 264.19)

HWB

hwb(231.5, 0%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8500

Analogous

#00639b

#00169b

#38009b

Triadic

#00169b

#9b0016

#169b00

Split-complementary

#00169b

#9b3800

#639b00

Tetradic

#00169b

#85009b

#9b8500

#169b00

Square

#00169b

#9b0063

#9b8500

#009b38

Shades

Color #00169b mixed toward black.

#001281

#000f67

#000b4e

#000734

#00041a

Tints

Color #00169b mixed toward white.

#001ed6

#1234ff

#4e67ff

#8999ff

#c4ccff

Tones

Color #00169b mixed toward gray.

#0d1f8e

#1a2881

#273274

#343b67

#41445a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.59:1

White text reads better on this background (13.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0b0c89 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#0a0884 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#017874 · ΔE 41.1

Achromatopsia

#303030 · ΔE 29.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00169b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00169b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#00169b (#00169b) is rgb(0, 22, 155) in RGB.

No, #00169b 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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