#161527

Color #161527

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 15.64 Nearest Tailwind class slate-900 #0f172b · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#161527

RGB

rgb(22, 21, 39)

HSL

hsl(243.3, 30%, 11.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.3, 46.2%, 15.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.6%, 46.2%, 0%, 84.7%)

LAB

lab(7.71, 6.08, -12.18)

LCH

lch(7.71, 13.61, 296.53)

OKLCH

oklch(20.7%, 0.0354, 285.41)

HWB

hwb(243.3, 8.2%, 84.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#262715

Analogous

#151d27

#161527

#1f1527

Triadic

#161527

#271615

#152716

Split-complementary

#161527

#271f15

#1d2715

Tetradic

#161527

#271526

#262715

#152716

Square

#161527

#27151d

#262715

#15271f

Shades

Color #161527 mixed toward black.

#121221

#0f0e1a

#0b0b14

#07070d

#040407

Tints

Color #161527 mixed toward white.

#322f58

#4d4a89

#716db0

#a09ecb

#d0cee5

Tones

Color #161527 mixed toward gray.

#171726

#191824

#1a1a23

#1b1b21

#1d1d20

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.17:1

White text reads better on this background (17.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#161623 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#161623 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#162020 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#171717 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #161527;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#161527]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#161527 (#161527) is rgb(22, 21, 39) in RGB.

No, #161527 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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