#7271A2
Steel Blue · medium cool blue
About #7271A2
#7271A2 is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 45% red, 44% green and 64% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 36% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Steel Blue and Slate Gray (ΔE 17.3); Slate Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #A1A271 — a sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use medium tones like #7271A2 for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 4.60:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.57:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #7271A2?
#7271A2 is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 45% red, 44% green and 64% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 36% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #7271A2?
Use black text. Black on #7271A2 has a contrast ratio of 4.60:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #7271A2?
Its complementary colour is #A1A271, and analogous partners are #7189A2 and #8A71A2.