Information about #072AA6 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#072AA6 presents itself as a pure, full-strength classic blue — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Strong Sapphire Blue (#002AA8). Slightly further away sit International Klein Blue (#002FA7) and UA Blue (#0033AA).
The recipe behind #072AA6 is rgb(7, 42, 166), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 11.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #072AA6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#072AA6 color variations
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#072AA6 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#072AA6 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#072AA6 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#072AA6 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#072AA6 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 #072AA6 color
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Nearest named colors to #072AA6
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#002AA8
#002FA7
#0033AA
#1034A6
#12279E
#0038A7
#0038A8
#0039A6
#003399
#002395
#042592
#0015A8
#072AA6 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#072AA6
- RGB7, 42, 166
- CMYK62, 49, 0, 35
- CSSrgb(7, 42, 166)
- HSL227°, 92%, 34%
- HSL Precise226.792°, 91.908%, 33.922%
- HSV227°, 96%, 65%
- HSB227°, 96%, 65%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.027
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.165
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.651
- GLSLvec3(0.027, 0.165, 0.651)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.027, 0.165, 0.651, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.027, 0.165, 0.651)
- Percentage of Red in RGB2.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB16.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB65.1%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID072AA6
- DECIMAL ID469670
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
