#16005e

Color #16005e

A vivid, highly saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 9.95 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#16005e

RGB

rgb(22, 0, 94)

HSL

hsl(254, 100%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254, 100%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.6%, 100%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(8.81, 38.73, -49.38)

LCH

lch(8.81, 62.76, 308.11)

OKLCH

oklch(23.2%, 0.1435, 277.13)

HWB

hwb(254, 0%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#485e00

Analogous

#00195e

#16005e

#45005e

Triadic

#16005e

#5e1600

#005e16

Split-complementary

#16005e

#5e4500

#195e00

Tetradic

#16005e

#5e0048

#485e00

#005e16

Square

#16005e

#5e0019

#485e00

#005e45

Shades

Color #16005e mixed toward black.

#12004e

#0f003f

#0b002f

#07001f

#040010

Tints

Color #16005e mixed toward white.

#2600a3

#3600e9

#5f2fff

#9574ff

#cabaff

Tones

Color #16005e mixed toward gray.

#1a0856

#1e104e

#221746

#271f3f

#2b2737

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.2:1

White text reads better on this background (17.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0e0e52 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#10114f · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#154745 · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#191919 · ΔE 26.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #16005e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16005e]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Medium Purple #9370db

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#16005e (#16005e) is rgb(22, 0, 94) in RGB.

No, #16005e 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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