#073f9e

Color #073f9e

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.19 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#073f9e

RGB

rgb(7, 63, 158)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 91.5%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 95.6%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.6%, 60.1%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(29.58, 22.96, -55.87)

LCH

lch(29.58, 60.4, 292.34)

OKLCH

oklch(40.1%, 0.1638, 261.04)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 2.7%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e6607

Analogous

#078b9e

#073f9e

#1a079e

Triadic

#073f9e

#9e073f

#3f9e07

Split-complementary

#073f9e

#9e1a07

#8b9e07

Tetradic

#073f9e

#66079e

#9e6607

#3f9e07

Square

#073f9e

#9e078b

#9e6607

#079e1a

Shades

Color #073f9e mixed toward black.

#063584

#052a69

#04204f

#021535

#010b1a

Tints

Color #073f9e mixed toward white.

#0955d5

#2371f5

#5a95f8

#91b8fa

#c8dcfd

Tones

Color #073f9e mixed toward gray.

#144292

#204685

#2d4978

#394c6c

#464f5f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.21:1

White text reads better on this background (9.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a8e · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#27238a · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#0e807c · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 25.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #073f9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#073f9e]

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

#073f9e (#073f9e) is rgb(7, 63, 158) in RGB.

No, #073f9e 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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