#072f72

Color #072f72

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#072f72

RGB

rgb(7, 47, 114)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 88.4%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 93.9%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(93.9%, 58.8%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(21.18, 15.67, -42.17)

LCH

lch(21.18, 44.99, 290.38)

OKLCH

oklch(32.6%, 0.1236, 260.55)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 2.7%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#724a07

Analogous

#076472

#072f72

#150772

Triadic

#072f72

#72072f

#2f7207

Split-complementary

#072f72

#721507

#647207

Tetradic

#072f72

#4a0772

#724a07

#2f7207

Square

#072f72

#720764

#724a07

#077215

Shades

Color #072f72 mixed toward black.

#06275f

#051f4c

#041739

#021026

#010813

Tints

Color #072f72 mixed toward white.

#0b48af

#0f61ec

#4888f4

#85b0f7

#c2d7fb

Tones

Color #072f72 mixed toward gray.

#103169

#193360

#223657

#2b384e

#343a45

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.66:1

White text reads better on this background (12.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f67 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#1d1964 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#0b5c5a · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#333333 · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #072f72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#072f72]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#072f72 (#072f72) is rgb(7, 47, 114) in RGB.

No, #072f72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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