#166683
A dark, vivid blue closely aligning with Steelblue.
About #166683
When working with digital screens, the color #166683 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Steelblue. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(22, 102, 131).
If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 83% cyan and 22% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 196.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.
When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#166683
RGB22, 102, 131
HSL196.0°, 71.2%, 30.0%
CMYK83%, 22%, 0%, 49%
HSV196.0°, 83.2%, 51.4%
LAB40.1, -12.4, -22.7
XYZ9.2, 11.3, 23.2
Decimal1468035
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
6.44:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.26:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
6.15:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.77:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #166683;
}
.text-color {
color: #166683;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #166683;
}