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Recognised as Colour

#072F3A

  • #072F3A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#072F3A is a cyan with RGB values 7, 47, 58 and HSL 193°, 78%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#072F3A#072F3A
HEX#072F3A
RGBrgb(7, 47, 58)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.1843, 0.2275
RGB percentages2.7%, 18.4%, 22.7%
HSLhsl(192.9, 78.5%, 12.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 87.9%, 22.7%)
CMYK87.9%, 19%, 0%, 77.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer470,842
CSS custom property--colour: #072F3A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness41.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.22:1
Contrast with white14.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#F8D0C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#282E3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#22293Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#003333no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.9Black · ΔE 22.4Dim grey · ΔE 30.5Slate grey · ΔE 36.1Teal · ΔE 36.8Gray · ΔE 38.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 15.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A1207
Analogous#073A2C, #07153A
Triadic#3A072F, #2F3A07
Split complementary#3A0715, #3A2B07
Tetradic#2C073A, #3A1207, #163A07

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#28BCE5
Lighter +30%#179EC3
Lighter +20%#127995
Lighter +10%#0C5468
Darker −10%#020A0C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003341
Less saturated −25%#0F2A32

Channel breakdown

R7
G47
B58
Red7 (2.7%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue58 (22.7%)
Hue192.94°
Saturation (HSL)78.46%
Lightness12.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 2F · B 3A

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