#161e4b

Color #161e4b

A moderately saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 25.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#161e4b

RGB

rgb(22, 30, 75)

HSL

hsl(230.9, 54.6%, 19%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.9, 70.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.7%, 60%, 0%, 70.6%)

LAB

lab(13.27, 13.34, -29.1)

LCH

lch(13.27, 32.01, 294.63)

OKLCH

oklch(25.8%, 0.0836, 271.64)

HWB

hwb(230.9, 8.6%, 70.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b4316

Analogous

#16384b

#161e4b

#28164b

Triadic

#161e4b

#4b161e

#1e4b16

Split-complementary

#161e4b

#4b2816

#384b16

Tetradic

#161e4b

#43164b

#4b4316

#1e4b16

Square

#161e4b

#4b1638

#4b4316

#164b28

Shades

Color #161e4b mixed toward black.

#12193e

#0f1432

#0b0f25

#070a19

#04050c

Tints

Color #161e4b mixed toward white.

#263380

#3549b5

#5f70d0

#95a0e0

#cacfef

Tones

Color #161e4b mixed toward gray.

#1a2146

#1f2442

#23273e

#282a39

#2c2d35

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.32:1

White text reads better on this background (15.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1a1a43 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#191941 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#163c3b · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#222222 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #161e4b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#161e4b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#161e4b (#161e4b) is rgb(22, 30, 75) in RGB.

No, #161e4b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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