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Recognised as Colour

#074BB9

  • #074BB9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#074BB9 is a blue with RGB values 7, 75, 185 and HSL 217°, 93%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#074BB9#074BB9
HEX#074BB9
RGBrgb(7, 75, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.2941, 0.7255
RGB percentages2.7%, 29.4%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(217.1, 92.7%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.1, 96.2%, 72.5%)
CMYK96.2%, 59.5%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer478,137
CSS custom property--colour: #074BB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.73:1
Contrast with white7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#F8B446

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00677Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.9Slate blue · ΔE 15.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 23Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4Midnight blue · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B97507
Analogous#07A4B9, #1C07B9
Triadic#B9074B, #4BB907
Split complementary#B91C07, #A4B907
Tetradic#B907A4, #B97507, #07B91C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#91BAFB
Lighter +30%#609AF9
Lighter +20%#2F7BF7
Lighter +10%#095FEA
Darker −10%#053788
Darker −20%#032357
Darker −30%#010F26
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0049C0
Less saturated −25%#1F51A1

Channel breakdown

R7
G75
B185
Red7 (2.7%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue217.08°
Saturation (HSL)92.71%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 4B · B B9

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