#16164a

Color #16164a

A moderately saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 22.04 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#16164a

RGB

rgb(22, 22, 74)

HSL

hsl(240, 54.2%, 18.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 70.3%, 29%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 71%)

LAB

lab(10.84, 18.89, -32.36)

LCH

lch(10.84, 37.47, 300.27)

OKLCH

oklch(23.9%, 0.0938, 276.61)

HWB

hwb(240, 8.6%, 71%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a4a16

Analogous

#16304a

#16164a

#30164a

Triadic

#16164a

#4a1616

#164a16

Split-complementary

#16164a

#4a3016

#304a16

Tetradic

#16164a

#4a164a

#4a4a16

#164a16

Square

#16164a

#4a1630

#4a4a16

#164a30

Shades

Color #16164a mixed toward black.

#12123e

#0f0f31

#0b0b25

#070719

#04040c

Tints

Color #16164a mixed toward white.

#26267f

#3636b4

#5f5fd0

#9595df

#cacaef

Tones

Color #16164a mixed toward gray.

#1a1a46

#1f1f41

#23233d

#272739

#2c2c34

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.25:1

White text reads better on this background (16.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#161642 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#16163f · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#163a38 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#1d1d1d · ΔE 21.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #16164a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16164a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#16164a (#16164a) is rgb(22, 22, 74) in RGB.

No, #16164a 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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