#162e86

Color #162e86

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#162e86

RGB

rgb(22, 46, 134)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 71.8%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 83.6%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.6%, 65.7%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(23.15, 25.91, -51.6)

LCH

lch(23.15, 57.74, 296.66)

OKLCH

oklch(34.8%, 0.1497, 266.36)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 8.6%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#866e16

Analogous

#166686

#162e86

#361686

Triadic

#162e86

#86162e

#2e8616

Split-complementary

#162e86

#863616

#668616

Tetradic

#162e86

#6e1686

#866e16

#2e8616

Square

#162e86

#861666

#866e16

#168636

Shades

Color #162e86 mixed toward black.

#122670

#0f1f59

#0b1743

#070f2d

#040816

Tints

Color #162e86 mixed toward white.

#1e40b9

#3459de

#6782e6

#9aacee

#ccd5f7

Tones

Color #162e86 mixed toward gray.

#1f337d

#293973

#323e6a

#3b4361

#454957

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.77:1

White text reads better on this background (11.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#222378 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#211f74 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#186b68 · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 25.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #162e86;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#162e86]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#162e86 (#162e86) is rgb(22, 46, 134) in RGB.

No, #162e86 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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