#16243c

Color #16243c

A moderately saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18 Nearest Tailwind class slate-800 #1d293d · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#16243c

RGB

rgb(22, 36, 60)

HSL

hsl(217.9, 46.3%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.9, 63.3%, 23.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.3%, 40%, 0%, 76.5%)

LAB

lab(14.16, 2.69, -17.24)

LCH

lch(14.16, 17.45, 278.87)

OKLCH

oklch(26.1%, 0.0494, 260.67)

HWB

hwb(217.9, 8.6%, 76.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3c2e16

Analogous

#16373c

#16243c

#1b163c

Triadic

#16243c

#3c1624

#243c16

Split-complementary

#16243c

#3c1b16

#373c16

Tetradic

#16243c

#2e163c

#3c2e16

#243c16

Square

#16243c

#3c1637

#3c2e16

#163c1b

Shades

Color #16243c mixed toward black.

#121e32

#0f1828

#0b121e

#070c14

#04060a

Tints

Color #16243c mixed toward white.

#294370

#3c63a4

#6287c6

#97afd9

#cbd7ec

Tones

Color #16243c mixed toward gray.

#192539

#1c2636

#202733

#23272f

#26282c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.35:1

White text reads better on this background (15.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1d1d37 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#1c1b36 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#173332 · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#242424 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #16243c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16243c]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#16243c (#16243c) is rgb(22, 36, 60) in RGB.

No, #16243c 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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