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Recognised as Colour

#0072AD

  • #0072AD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0072AD is a blue with RGB values 0, 114, 173 and HSL 200°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0072AD#0072AD
HEX#0072AD
RGBrgb(0, 114, 173)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4471, 0.6784
RGB percentages0%, 44.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(200.5, 100%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.5, 100%, 67.8%)
CMYK100%, 34.1%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer29,357
CSS custom property--colour: #0072AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#FF8D52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5574B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F66ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#008187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.9Slate grey · ΔE 29.3Light slate grey · ΔE 29.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 30Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD3B00
Analogous#00AD92, #001BAD
Triadic#AD0072, #72AD00
Split complementary#AD001C, #AD9200
Tetradic#9100AD, #AD3B00, #1CAD00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7AD2FF
Lighter +30%#47C0FF
Lighter +20%#14AFFF
Lighter +10%#0094E0
Darker −10%#00507A
Darker −20%#002F47
Darker −30%#000D14
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0072AD
Less saturated −25%#166B97

Channel breakdown

R0
G114
B173
Red0 (0%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue200.46°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 72 · B AD

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