Information about #072236 color

#072236 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#072236 falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(7, 34, 54) — 2.7% red, 13.3% green, 21.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 8 / 0 / 79. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #072236 reads as a vivid, lively azure and stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Daintree (#012731). Slightly further away sit Trafalgar Blue (#00203C) and Titans Navy (#0C2340).

In RGB terms — rgb(7, 34, 54) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #072236: 16.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.3:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:79), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. No one has named #072236 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#072236 color variations

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

#072236 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 #072236

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

Daintree color link
Daintree

#012731

Titans Navy color link
Titans Navy

#0C2340

Magnum color link
Magnum

#112331

Loch Ness color link
Loch Ness

#072F37

Tangaroa color link
Tangaroa

#03163C

Maystone color link
Maystone

#0E2A2A

Navy color link
Navy

#01153E

Oxford Blue color link
Oxford Blue

#002147

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#072236
  • RGB7, 34, 54
  • CMYK18, 8, 0, 79
  • CSSrgb(7, 34, 54)
  • HSL206°, 77%, 12%
  • HSL Precise205.532°, 77.049%, 11.961%
  • HSV206°, 87%, 21%
  • HSB206°, 87%, 21%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.027
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.133
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.212
  • GLSLvec3(0.027, 0.133, 0.212)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.027, 0.133, 0.212, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.027, 0.133, 0.212)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB2.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB13.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB21.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID072236
  • DECIMAL ID467510
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01