#16396c

Color #16396c

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.66 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#16396c

RGB

rgb(22, 57, 108)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 66.2%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 79.6%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.6%, 47.2%, 0%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(24.25, 7.37, -33.32)

LCH

lch(24.25, 34.13, 282.47)

OKLCH

oklch(34.9%, 0.0976, 258.17)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 8.6%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c4916

Analogous

#16646c

#16396c

#1e166c

Triadic

#16396c

#6c1639

#396c16

Split-complementary

#16396c

#6c1e16

#646c16

Tetradic

#16396c

#49166c

#6c4916

#396c16

Square

#16396c

#6c1664

#6c4916

#166c1e

Shades

Color #16396c mixed toward black.

#122f5a

#0f2648

#0b1c36

#071324

#040912

Tints

Color #16396c mixed toward white.

#2155a1

#2d71d4

#6194df

#96b8ea

#cadbf4

Tones

Color #16396c mixed toward gray.

#1d3a65

#243c5e

#2c3d57

#333e4f

#3a4048

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.84:1

White text reads better on this background (11.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#292963 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#272460 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#195a58 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#3a3a3a · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #16396c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16396c]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#16396c (#16396c) is rgb(22, 57, 108) in RGB.

No, #16396c 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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