Colour

#072A43

#072A43
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#072A43 is a blue with RGB values 7, 42, 67 and HSL 205°, 81%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#072A43#072A43

HEX#072A43

RGBrgb(7, 42, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.1647, 0.2627

RGB percentages2.7%, 16.5%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(205, 81.1%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(205, 89.6%, 26.3%)

CMYK89.6%, 37.3%, 0%, 73.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer469,571

CSS custom property--colour: #072A43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.78:1

Contrast with white14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#F8D5BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E2B44no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#162543no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#003033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.9 Black · ΔE 25.1 Dim grey · ΔE 34.3 Slate grey · ΔE 37.8 Steel blue · ΔE 38.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 23.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#432007

Analogous#07433E, #070C43

Triadic#43072A, #2A4307

Split complementary#43070C, #433E07

Tetradic#3E0743, #432007, #0C4307

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2D9BE9

Lighter +30%#1581CE

Lighter +20%#11649F

Lighter +10%#0C4771

Darker −10%#020D15

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002B4A

Less saturated −25%#10283A

Channel breakdown

G42

B67

Red7 (2.7%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue205°

Saturation (HSL)81.08%

Lightness14.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 07 · G 2A · B 43

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#072A43

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else