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Recognised as Colour

#071C79

  • #071C79
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#071C79 is a blue with RGB values 7, 28, 121 and HSL 229°, 89%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#071C79#071C79
HEX#071C79
RGBrgb(7, 28, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.1098, 0.4745
RGB percentages2.7%, 11%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(228.9, 89.1%, 25.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.9, 94.2%, 47.5%)
CMYK94.2%, 76.9%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer466,041
CSS custom property--colour: #071C79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.47:1
Contrast with white14.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#F8E386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002F7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#002477no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#003749no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 4.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.3Navy · ΔE 19.3Indigo · ΔE 20.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.6Dark blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 4.42, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#796407
Analogous#075579, #2B0779
Triadic#79071C, #1C7907
Split complementary#792B07, #557907
Tetradic#790755, #796407, #07792B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5774F5
Lighter +30%#274CF2
Lighter +20%#0D32D9
Lighter +10%#0A27A9
Darker −10%#041149
Darker −20%#010619
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001880
Less saturated −25%#172669

Channel breakdown

R7
G28
B121
Red7 (2.7%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue228.95°
Saturation (HSL)89.06%
Lightness25.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 1C · B 79

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