#000072

Color #000072

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Navy #000080 · ΔE 6.79 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#000072

RGB

rgb(0, 0, 114)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 22.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 100%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(10.66, 43.72, -59.55)

LCH

lch(10.66, 73.88, 306.29)

OKLCH

oklch(25%, 0.1729, 264.06)

HWB

hwb(240, 0%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#727200

Analogous

#003972

#000072

#390072

Triadic

#000072

#720000

#007200

Split-complementary

#000072

#723900

#397200

Tetradic

#000072

#720072

#727200

#007200

Square

#000072

#720039

#727200

#007239

Shades

Color #000072 mixed toward black.

#00005f

#00004c

#000039

#000026

#000013

Tints

Color #000072 mixed toward white.

#0000b4

#0000f6

#3939ff

#7b7bff

#bdbdff

Tones

Color #000072 mixed toward gray.

#0a0a69

#13135f

#1d1d56

#26264c

#303043

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.24:1

White text reads better on this background (16.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#000064 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#000060 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#005754 · ΔE 36.4

Achromatopsia

#1d1d1d · ΔE 27.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #000072;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#000072]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#000072 (#000072) is rgb(0, 0, 114) in RGB.

No, #000072 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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