#072b5a

Color #072b5a

A vivid, highly saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.52 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.1

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#072b5a

RGB

rgb(7, 43, 90)

HSL

hsl(214, 85.6%, 19%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214, 92.2%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(92.2%, 52.2%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(17.97, 7.94, -31.7)

LCH

lch(17.97, 32.68, 284.06)

OKLCH

oklch(29.5%, 0.0935, 257.15)

HWB

hwb(214, 2.7%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a3607

Analogous

#07545a

#072b5a

#0d075a

Triadic

#072b5a

#5a072b

#2b5a07

Split-complementary

#072b5a

#5a0d07

#545a07

Tetradic

#072b5a

#36075a

#5a3607

#2b5a07

Square

#072b5a

#5a0754

#5a3607

#075a0d

Shades

Color #072b5a mixed toward black.

#06244b

#051d3c

#03152d

#020e1e

#01070f

Tints

Color #072b5a mixed toward white.

#0c499a

#1168da

#3f8cf0

#7fb2f5

#bfd9fa

Tones

Color #072b5a mixed toward gray.

#0e2c53

#152d4c

#1c2e45

#232f3e

#2a3037

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (13.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1c1c52 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#1a174f · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#0b4a48 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 19.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #072b5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#072b5a]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#072b5a (#072b5a) is rgb(7, 43, 90) in RGB.

No, #072b5a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #072b5a, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast