#16165a

Color #16165a

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#16165a

RGB

rgb(22, 22, 90)

HSL

hsl(240, 60.7%, 22%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 75.6%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.6%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(12.5, 25.13, -40.58)

LCH

lch(12.5, 47.73, 301.77)

OKLCH

oklch(25.6%, 0.1176, 274.29)

HWB

hwb(240, 8.6%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5a16

Analogous

#16385a

#16165a

#38165a

Triadic

#16165a

#5a1616

#165a16

Split-complementary

#16165a

#5a3816

#385a16

Tetradic

#16165a

#5a165a

#5a5a16

#165a16

Square

#16165a

#5a1638

#5a5a16

#165a38

Shades

Color #16165a mixed toward black.

#12124b

#0f0f3c

#0b0b2d

#07071e

#04040f

Tints

Color #16165a mixed toward white.

#23238f

#3030c5

#5f5fd8

#9494e5

#cacaf2

Tones

Color #16165a mixed toward gray.

#1c1c54

#21214f

#272749

#2d2d43

#32323e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.3:1

White text reads better on this background (16.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#161650 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#16164d · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#164644 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#212121 · ΔE 23.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #16165a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16165a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#16165a (#16165a) is rgb(22, 22, 90) in RGB.

No, #16165a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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