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#7472BF

#7472bf ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7472bf is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 44.71% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.27% cyan, 40.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 241.56°, with 37.56% saturation and 59.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.76.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1951

Complementary

  1. #7472bf
  2. #bdbf72

Split complementary

  1. #7472bf
  2. #bf9a72
  3. #96bf72

Analogous

  1. #7296bf
  2. #7472bf
  3. #9a72bf

Triadic

  1. #7472bf
  2. #bf7472
  3. #72bf74

Tetradic

  1. #7472bf
  2. #bf72bd
  3. #bdbf72
  4. #72bf74

Square

  1. #7472bf
  2. #bf7296
  3. #bdbf72
  4. #72bf9a

Monochromatic

  1. #312f69
  2. #4a479d
  3. #7472bf
  4. #a8a7d7
  5. #dcdbef

Shades

#7472bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7472bf
  2. #6867ac
  3. #5d5b99
  4. #515086
  5. #464473
  6. #3a3960
  7. #2e2e4c
  8. #232239
  9. #171726
  10. #0c0b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#7472bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7472bf
  2. #8280c5
  3. #908ecc
  4. #9e9cd2
  5. #acaad9
  6. #bab9df
  7. #c7c7e5
  8. #d5d5ec
  9. #e3e3f2
  10. #f1f1f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7472bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7472bf
  2. #7573b9
  3. #7675b2
  4. #7876ac
  5. #7978a6
  6. #7a79a0
  7. #7b7a99
  8. #7c7c93
  9. #7e7d8d
  10. #7f7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #78779a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #587dc2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5578bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5f818f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6479c1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6375be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #687ba4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7472bf {
  color: #7472bf;
}
Background
.bg-7472bf {
  background-color: #7472bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7472bf {
  border: 2px solid #7472bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7472bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 114 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 38% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7472bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7472bf, #9a72bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7472bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 114 191 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.76 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.02 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.53 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.03 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.51 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.71 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.91 #8b8d40 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#7472bf  rgb(116, 114, 191)  hsl(242, 38%, 60%)  Medium Purple
#bdbf72  rgb(189, 191, 114)  hsl(62, 38%, 60%)  Dark Khaki
#bf7472  rgb(191, 116, 114)  hsl(2, 38%, 60%)  Old Rose
#72bf74  rgb(114, 191, 116)  hsl(122, 38%, 60%)  Mantis