Colour

#00072C

#00072C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#00072C is a blue with RGB values 0, 7, 44 and HSL 230°, 100%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00072C#00072C

HEX#00072C

RGBrgb(0, 7, 44)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0275, 0.1725

RGB percentages0%, 2.7%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(230.5, 100%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(230.5, 100%, 17.3%)

CMYK100%, 84.1%, 0%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,836

CSS custom property--colour: #00072C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness15.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.69:1

Contrast with white19.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#080808

Inverted#FFF8D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#000D2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#00092Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#001118no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 25.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 37.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 40.1 Dim grey · ΔE 48.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 51.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 25.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2C2500

Analogous#001D2C, #0F002C

Triadic#2C0007, #072C00

Split complementary#2C0F00, #1D2C00

Tetradic#2C001D, #2C2500, #002C0F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#0027F8

Lighter +30%#001FC5

Lighter +20%#001792

Lighter +10%#000F5F

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00072C

Less saturated −25%#060B27

Channel breakdown

B44

Red0 (0%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue230.45°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 07 · B 2C

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