Recognised as Colour

#072229

#072229
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#072229 is a cyan with RGB values 7, 34, 41 and HSL 192°, 71%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#072229

RGBrgb(7, 34, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.1333, 0.1608

RGB percentages2.7%, 13.3%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(192.4, 70.8%, 9.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 82.9%, 16.1%)

CMYK82.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 83.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer467,497

CSS custom property--colour: #072229;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.54:1

Contrast with white16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#F8DDD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D2129no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#191D29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Tritanopia#002424no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 15.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.5 Dim grey · ΔE 34.5 Slate grey · ΔE 41.6 Teal · ΔE 42.5 Gray · ΔE 43.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 15.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#290E07

Analogous#07291F, #071129

Triadic#290722, #222907

Split complementary#290711, #291F07

Tetradic#1F0729, #290E07, #112907

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#25B3D7

Lighter +30%#1D8EAC

Lighter +20%#166A80

Lighter +10%#0E4655

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#01262F

Less saturated −25%#0D1E23

Channel breakdown

G34

B41

Red7 (2.7%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue192.35°

Saturation (HSL)70.83%

Lightness9.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 07 · G 22 · B 29

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