#161628

Color #161628

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 15.8 Nearest Tailwind class slate-900 #0f172b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#161628

RGB

rgb(22, 22, 40)

HSL

hsl(240, 29%, 12.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 45%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(45%, 45%, 0%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(8.11, 5.68, -12.31)

LCH

lch(8.11, 13.56, 294.77)

OKLCH

oklch(21%, 0.0353, 282.93)

HWB

hwb(240, 8.6%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#282816

Analogous

#161f28

#161628

#1f1628

Triadic

#161628

#281616

#162816

Split-complementary

#161628

#281f16

#1f2816

Tetradic

#161628

#281628

#282816

#162816

Square

#161628

#28161f

#282816

#16281f

Shades

Color #161628 mixed toward black.

#121221

#0f0f1b

#0b0b14

#07070d

#040407

Tints

Color #161628 mixed toward white.

#313158

#4b4b88

#6f6fb0

#9f9fca

#cfcfe5

Tones

Color #161628 mixed toward gray.

#181827

#191925

#1b1b24

#1c1c22

#1e1e21

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.18:1

White text reads better on this background (17.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#161624 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#161624 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#162121 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#181818 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #161628;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#161628]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#161628 (#161628) is rgb(22, 22, 40) in RGB.

No, #161628 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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