Information about #021728 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A pure, full-strength steel-blue azure, #021728 sits very close to black. 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 Ornella Blue (#021224). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Very Deep Cyan (#001D1D) and COSMIC ACE (#0B1021).
In RGB terms — rgb(2, 23, 40) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #021728 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 18.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.2:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:84) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #021728 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#021728 color variations
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#021728 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#021728 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#021728 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#021728 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#021728 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #021728 color
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Nearest named colors to #021728
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#021224
#001D1D
#0B1021
#000E1D
#012731
#11171D
#151529
#0D1C19
#111D1D
#03163C
#0A1F17
#112331
#021728 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#021728
- RGB2, 23, 40
- CMYK15, 7, 0, 84
- CSSrgb(2, 23, 40)
- HSL207°, 90%, 8%
- HSL Precise206.842°, 90.476%, 8.235%
- HSV207°, 95%, 16%
- HSB207°, 95%, 16%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.008
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.090
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.157
- GLSLvec3(0.008, 0.090, 0.157)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.008, 0.090, 0.157, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.008, 0.090, 0.157)
- Percentage of Red in RGB0.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB15.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Dark
- HEX ID021728
- DECIMAL ID137000
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
