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#070CA2 — Vivid Blue

#070CA2 is a blue color we call Vivid Blue, closest to the named color DarkBlue (#00008B). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkblue (#00008B) — not an exact match. CSS darkblue gives you #00008B, a different color; use #070CA2 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#070CA2 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A29C07; it also sits naturally between #0759A2 and #4F07A2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#070CA2 · RGB 7, 12, 162

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Color values

HEX#070CA2
RGB7, 12, 162
HSL238°, 92%, 33%
HSV238°, 96%, 64%
CMYK96%, 93%, 0%, 36%
XYZ6.74, 2.92, 34.39
Yxy2.92, 0.1530, 0.0662
CIE-Lab19.71, 53.05, -74.64
Hunter Lab17.08, 42.14, -112.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 3% · Green 5% · Blue 64%

Cyan 96% · Magenta 93% · Yellow 0% · Key 36%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #070CA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #070CA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #070CA2

.text { color: #070CA2; }
.background { background-color: #070CA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #070CA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(7, 12, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(238, 92%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #070CA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(7, 12, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #070CA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(7, 12, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#070CA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#070CA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #070CA2

#060B93#060A84#050976#040867#04075D#03064E#030540#020431#010322#010114

Tints of #070CA2

#080EBF#0911E1#141BF5#3138F6#5459F8#7176F9#8E92FA#ACAEFC#CED0FD#EBECFE

Tones of #070CA2

#121697#1D208C#282B81#333675#3E406A#494A5F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A29C07:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text13.26:1 AAA
Against black text1.58:1 Fails

Best text color on #070CA2: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #070CA2

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #070CA2: ·

How #070CA2 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #09097EDeuteranopia · #090975Tritanopia · #07615B

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Indigo 500 · #3F51B5Material Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7Tailwind slate 600 · #475569

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #070CA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 050c9c
#050C9C · #3572EF · #3ABEF9 · #A7E6FF
Palette 0802a3
#0802A3 · #FF4B91 · #FF7676 · #FFCD4B
Modern Monsoon
#1311A2 · #716BEF · #E8EA3B · #F5F0C4
Palette 04009a
#04009A · #77ACF1 · #3EDBF0 · #C0FEFC
Serene Aurora
#2EA0E7 · #1116A9 · #851FDA · #E72BCE
Silent Drift
#11AE94 · #1984C0 · #0B1B9F · #4B109E

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#050C9C#0802A3#1311A2#04009A#1116A9#0B1B9F#11009E#0E11B0#1A05A2#111FA2#0E21A0#10128E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #070CA1  ·  #070CA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #070CA2?

#070CA2 is Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 7, 12, 162). Its closest standard named color is DarkBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #070CA2?

#070CA2 is RGB 7, 12, 162 — HSL 238°, 92%, 33% — CMYK 96%, 93%, 0%, 36%.

What colors go with #070CA2?

Its complement is #A29C07; analogous partners are #0759A2 and #4F07A2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #070CA2 for text?

White text on #070CA2 has a contrast ratio of 13.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.58:1.