#16164c

Color #16164c

A moderately saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 20.7 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#16164c

RGB

rgb(22, 22, 76)

HSL

hsl(240, 55.1%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 71.1%, 29.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 70.2%)

LAB

lab(11.04, 19.68, -33.43)

LCH

lch(11.04, 38.79, 300.49)

OKLCH

oklch(24.1%, 0.097, 276.27)

HWB

hwb(240, 8.6%, 70.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4c4c16

Analogous

#16314c

#16164c

#31164c

Triadic

#16164c

#4c1616

#164c16

Split-complementary

#16164c

#4c3116

#314c16

Tetradic

#16164c

#4c164c

#4c4c16

#164c16

Square

#16164c

#4c1631

#4c4c16

#164c31

Shades

Color #16164c mixed toward black.

#12123f

#0f0f33

#0b0b26

#070719

#04040d

Tints

Color #16164c mixed toward white.

#252581

#3535b6

#5f5fd1

#9494e0

#cacaf0

Tones

Color #16164c mixed toward gray.

#1a1a47

#1f1f43

#23233e

#28283a

#2c2c35

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.25:1

White text reads better on this background (16.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#161643 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#161641 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#163b3a · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#1e1e1e · ΔE 21.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #16164c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16164c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#16164c (#16164c) is rgb(22, 22, 76) in RGB.

No, #16164c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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