#7F8DFF
Royal Blue · light cool blue
About #7F8DFF
#7F8DFF is a light, vivid blue colour. Digitally that works out to 50% red, 55% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 50% cyan, 45% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Royal Blue and Azure (ΔE 16.0), with Azure the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FFF17F (pale yellow), its complementary partner.
Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 7.16:1, a WCAG AAA 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 #7F8DFF?
#7F8DFF is a light, vivid blue colour. Digitally that works out to 50% red, 55% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 50% cyan, 45% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #7F8DFF?
Use black text. Black on #7F8DFF has a contrast ratio of 7.16:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #7F8DFF?
Its complementary colour is #FFF17F, and analogous partners are #7FCDFF and #B17FFF.