#1616ea

Color #1616ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#1616ea

RGB

rgb(22, 22, 234)

HSL

hsl(240, 83.5%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 90.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.6%, 90.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(31.07, 70.05, -98.02)

LCH

lch(31.07, 120.48, 305.55)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.2841, 266.15)

HWB

hwb(240, 8.6%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaea16

Analogous

#1680ea

#1616ea

#8016ea

Triadic

#1616ea

#ea1616

#16ea16

Split-complementary

#1616ea

#ea8016

#80ea16

Tetradic

#1616ea

#ea16ea

#eaea16

#16ea16

Square

#1616ea

#ea1680

#eaea16

#16ea80

Shades

Color #1616ea mixed toward black.

#1212c4

#0e0e9d

#0b0b75

#07074e

#040427

Tints

Color #1616ea mixed toward white.

#3d3dee

#6464f1

#8a8af5

#b1b1f8

#d8d8fc

Tones

Color #1616ea mixed toward gray.

#2828d8

#3939c7

#4b4bb5

#5d5da3

#6e6e92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.34:1

White text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1616cf · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#1616c8 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#16b6b0 · ΔE 54.3

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 32.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #1616ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1616ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#1616ea (#1616ea) is rgb(22, 22, 234) in RGB.

No, #1616ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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