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Recognised as Colour

#072D3E

  • #072D3E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#072D3E is a cyan with RGB values 7, 45, 62 and HSL 199°, 80%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#072D3E#072D3E
HEX#072D3E
RGBrgb(7, 45, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.1765, 0.2431
RGB percentages2.7%, 17.6%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(198.5, 79.7%, 13.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 88.7%, 24.3%)
CMYK88.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 75.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer470,334
CSS custom property--colour: #072D3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness40.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.44:1
Contrast with white14.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#F8D2C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#252C3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D273Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#003233no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.9Black · ΔE 23Dim grey · ΔE 31.7Slate grey · ΔE 36.4Teal · ΔE 39.3Light slate grey · ΔE 39.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 18.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E1807
Analogous#073E33, #07123E
Triadic#3E072D, #2D3E07
Split complementary#3E0712, #3E3307
Tetradic#33073E, #3E1807, #123E07

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#2AADE7
Lighter +30%#1791C7
Lighter +20%#11709A
Lighter +10%#0C4E6C
Darker −10%#020C10
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003045
Less saturated −25%#102A35

Channel breakdown

R7
G45
B62
Red7 (2.7%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue198.55°
Saturation (HSL)79.71%
Lightness13.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 2D · B 3E

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