#161b34

Color #161b34

A moderately saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 21.17 Nearest Tailwind class slate-900 #0f172b · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#161b34

RGB

rgb(22, 27, 52)

HSL

hsl(230, 40.5%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230, 57.7%, 20.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.7%, 48.1%, 0%, 79.6%)

LAB

lab(10.57, 6.32, -17.22)

LCH

lch(10.57, 18.34, 290.15)

OKLCH

oklch(23.1%, 0.0488, 273.53)

HWB

hwb(230, 8.6%, 79.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#342f16

Analogous

#162a34

#161b34

#201634

Triadic

#161b34

#34161b

#1b3416

Split-complementary

#161b34

#342016

#2a3416

Tetradic

#161b34

#2f1634

#342f16

#1b3416

Square

#161b34

#34162a

#342f16

#163420

Shades

Color #161b34 mixed toward black.

#12162b

#0f1223

#0b0d1a

#070911

#040409

Tints

Color #161b34 mixed toward white.

#2c3667

#41509a

#6675be

#99a3d4

#ccd1e9

Tones

Color #161b34 mixed toward gray.

#181d31

#1b1e2f

#1d202c

#20222a

#222327

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.24:1

White text reads better on this background (16.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#18182f · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#18182e · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#162b2a · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#1d1d1d · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #161b34;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#161b34]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#161b34 (#161b34) is rgb(22, 27, 52) in RGB.

No, #161b34 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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