#161661

Color #161661

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 7.3 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#161661

RGB

rgb(22, 22, 97)

HSL

hsl(240, 63%, 23.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 77.3%, 38%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 62%)

LAB

lab(13.27, 27.78, -43.99)

LCH

lch(13.27, 52.03, 302.27)

OKLCH

oklch(26.4%, 0.1274, 273.37)

HWB

hwb(240, 8.6%, 62%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#616116

Analogous

#163b61

#161661

#3b1661

Triadic

#161661

#611616

#166116

Split-complementary

#161661

#613b16

#3b6116

Tetradic

#161661

#611661

#616116

#166116

Square

#161661

#61163b

#616116

#16613b

Shades

Color #161661 mixed toward black.

#121251

#0f0f41

#0b0b30

#070720

#040410

Tints

Color #161661 mixed toward white.

#222296

#2e2ecb

#6060db

#9595e7

#cacaf3

Tones

Color #161661 mixed toward gray.

#1c1c5b

#222254

#29294e

#2f2f48

#353542

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.32:1

White text reads better on this background (15.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#161656 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#161653 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#164b49 · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#222222 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #161661;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#161661]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#161661 (#161661) is rgb(22, 22, 97) in RGB.

No, #161661 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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