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Recognised as Colour

#072376

  • #072376
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#072376 is a blue with RGB values 7, 35, 118 and HSL 225°, 89%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#072376#072376
HEX#072376
RGBrgb(7, 35, 118)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.1373, 0.4627
RGB percentages2.7%, 13.7%, 46.3%
HSLhsl(224.9, 88.8%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.9, 94.1%, 46.3%)
CMYK94.1%, 70.3%, 0%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer467,830
CSS custom property--colour: #072376;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.9:1
Contrast with white13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#F8DC89

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003279no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#002774no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#003A49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 6.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.5Indigo · ΔE 26Navy · ΔE 26.7Slate blue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 6.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#765A07
Analogous#075A76, #230776
Triadic#760723, #237607
Split complementary#762307, #5A7607
Tetradic#76075A, #765A07, #077623

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#547DF5
Lighter +30%#2458F2
Lighter +20%#0D40D6
Lighter +10%#0A31A6
Darker −10%#041546
Darker −20%#010616
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00207D
Less saturated −25%#172B66

Channel breakdown

R7
G35
B118
Red7 (2.7%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue118 (46.3%)
Hue224.86°
Saturation (HSL)88.8%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 23 · B 76

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