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#160B6A Color

#160B6A is rgb(22, 11, 106) in RGB, hsl(247, 81%, 23%) in HSL, and about cmyk(79%, 90%, 0%, 58%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Midnight Blue (#191970), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#160B6A
HEX#160B6A
RGBrgb(22, 11, 106)
HSLhsl(247, 81%, 23%)
HSVhsv(247, 90%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 90%, 0%, 58%)
OKLCHoklch(26% 0.149 273.8)
LABlab(11.22% 31.46 -53.14)
LCHlch(11.22% 61.75 300.62)

What #160B6A Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #160B6A, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Midnight Blue#191970ΔE 7Persian Indigo#32127AΔE 7.52Resolution Blue#002387ΔE 11.57Cosmic Cobalt#2E2D88ΔE 14.36St. Patrick's Blue#23297AΔE 15.34Imperial Blue#002395ΔE 15.45

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every blue in the library.

#160B6A Channel Values

How #160B6A breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 22 · G 11 · B 1068-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 247° · S 81% · L 23%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 247° · S 90% · V 42%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 79% · M 90% · Y 0% · K 58%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance16.28:1 vs white · 1.29:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #160B6A background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text16.28:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text1.29:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #160B6A in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #160B6A

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #160B6A; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#160B6A
Complementary
#5F6A0B
Analogous
#0B306A
Analogous
#460B6A
Triadic
#6A160B
Triadic
#0B6A16
Split comp.
#6A460B
Split comp.
#306A0B

Tints & Shades of #160B6A

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#21109D
#2B15CB
#452FE9
#7262EF
#A095F4
#C9C3F9

Shades

#130A5C
#110953
#0E0745
#0C0637
#09042A
#070320

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #160B6A.

How #160B6A Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#160B6A
Protanopia#0D0D6A
Protanomaly#110C6A
Deuteranopia#0F0F6A
Deuteranomaly#120E6A
Tritanopia#002828
Tritanomaly#001F4B
Achromatopsia#202020

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #160B6A in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-160b6a: #160B6A;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #160B6A;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-160b6a': '#160B6A' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.086, green: 0.043, blue: 0.416)
Android XML<color name="color_160b6a">#160B6A</color>
SVG fillfill="#160B6A"

More Blue Colors

#160B6A sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

000024fafaff00002ef9fafb000033f8fafc000038f8f8ff000042f5faff000047f5f5ff002147007dfa0f52ba1c39bb2a3439372aac4e3cc364609a7abdff979aaab8dbffd6d6ff

#160B6A Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #160B6A?

#160B6A is a dark blue — rgb(22, 11, 106) in RGB and hsl(247, 81%, 23%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Midnight Blue (#191970), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.

What is the RGB value of #160B6A?

#160B6A is rgb(22, 11, 106) — red 22, green 11, and blue 106 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #160B6A?

#160B6A converts to approximately cmyk(79%, 90%, 0%, 58%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #160B6A be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #160B6A scores 16.28:1 against white and 1.29:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #160B6A as a CSS color keyword?

No. #160B6A is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is midnightblue (#191970) at a CIE76 distance of 7, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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