#7A72FF
Royal Blue · medium cool blue
About #7A72FF
#7A72FF is a vivid, medium shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 48% red, 45% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 52% cyan, 55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Royal Blue and Azure (ΔE 16.3); Azure comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F7FF72 — a lemon tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use medium tones like #7A72FF for buttons, links and attention-grabbing accents. Put black text on top of it — 5.68:1, 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 #7A72FF?
#7A72FF is a vivid, medium shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 48% red, 45% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 52% cyan, 55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #7A72FF?
Use black text. Black on #7A72FF has a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #7A72FF?
Its complementary colour is #F7FF72, and analogous partners are #72B1FF and #C072FF.