Information about #163C5F color

#163C5F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #163C5F is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with High Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(22, 60, 95) — 8.6% red, 23.5% green, 37.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 29 / 14 / 0 / 63. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A strongly colored sky-leaning azure, #163C5F stays on the darker end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in moody backdrops, typography on light surfaces and premium packaging. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Into The Blue (#193766). Slightly further away sit Apollo Blue (#163968) and Cello (#1E385B).

The recipe behind #163C5F is rgb(22, 60, 95), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 11.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.8:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:63), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #163C5F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#163C5F color variations

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#163C5F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #163C5F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#163C5F
  • RGB22, 60, 95
  • CMYK29, 14, 0, 63
  • CSSrgb(22, 60, 95)
  • HSL209°, 62%, 23%
  • HSL Precise208.767°, 62.393%, 22.941%
  • HSV209°, 77%, 37%
  • HSB209°, 77%, 37%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.086
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.235
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • GLSLvec3(0.086, 0.235, 0.373)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.086, 0.235, 0.373, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.086, 0.235, 0.373)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB8.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB23.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB37.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID163C5F
  • DECIMAL ID1457247
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01