Information about #00272E color

#00272E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #00272E is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Full Saturation and Very Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(0, 39, 46) — 0% red, 15.3% green, 18% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 3 / 0 / 82. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A intensely saturated cyan, #00272E lives deep in the shadows. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Daintree (#012731). Nearby in the Register you will also find Enchanted Teal (#002D39) and Loch Ness (#072F37).

In RGB terms — rgb(0, 39, 46) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #00272E background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 15.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.3:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:82), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #00272E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#00272E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#00272E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #00272E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#00272E
  • RGB0, 39, 46
  • CMYK18, 3, 0, 82
  • CSSrgb(0, 39, 46)
  • HSL189°, 100%, 9%
  • HSL Precise189.13°, 100%, 9.02%
  • HSV189°, 100%, 18%
  • HSB189°, 100%, 18%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.153
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.180
  • GLSLvec3(0.000, 0.153, 0.180)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.000, 0.153, 0.180, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.000, 0.153, 0.180)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB15.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB18%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Dark
  • HEX ID00272E
  • DECIMAL ID10030
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01