Information about #162537 color

#162537 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#162537 falls into the Azure Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(22, 37, 55) — 8.6% red, 14.5% green, 21.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 7 / 0 / 78. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #162537 reads as a clearly saturated steel-blue azure and stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark (#1B2431). Slightly further away sit Magnum (#112331) and Nite Life (#1D2134).

The recipe behind #162537 is rgb(22, 37, 55), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #162537: 15.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:78) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#162537 color variations

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#162537 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 #162537

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

Dark color link
Dark

#1B2431

Magnum color link
Magnum

#112331

Nite Life color link
Nite Life

#1D2134

Blue Night color link
Blue Night

#1F263B

Yankees Blue color link
Yankees Blue

#1C2841

Bledisloe color link
Bledisloe

#19282B

Titans Navy color link
Titans Navy

#0C2340

Black Pearl color link
Black Pearl

#1E272C

Daytona color link
Daytona

#1E222C

Indian Ink color link
Indian Ink

#232732

Madagascar color link
Madagascar

#172E2C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#162537
  • RGB22, 37, 55
  • CMYK13, 7, 0, 78
  • CSSrgb(22, 37, 55)
  • HSL213°, 43%, 15%
  • HSL Precise212.727°, 42.857%, 15.098%
  • HSV213°, 60%, 22%
  • HSB213°, 60%, 22%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.086
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.145
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.216
  • GLSLvec3(0.086, 0.145, 0.216)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.086, 0.145, 0.216, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.086, 0.145, 0.216)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB8.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB14.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB21.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID162537
  • DECIMAL ID1451319
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01