#7972FF
Royal Blue · medium cool blue
About #7972FF
#7972FF is a medium, vivid blue colour. Digitally that works out to 47% red, 45% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 53% cyan, 55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Royal Blue and Azure (ΔE 16.2), with Azure the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F8FF72 (lemon), its complementary partner.
Because it is medium, it is most useful for buttons, links and attention-grabbing accents. Put black text on top of it — 5.66:1, a WCAG AA pass.
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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 #7972FF?
#7972FF is a medium, vivid blue colour. Digitally that works out to 47% red, 45% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 53% cyan, 55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #7972FF?
Use black text. Black on #7972FF has a contrast ratio of 5.66:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #7972FF?
Its complementary colour is #F8FF72, and analogous partners are #72B1FF and #C072FF.