What color is #007FFF?

#007FFF is a vivid azure known as Azure. It belongs to the blue family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Azure?

The RGB value is 0, 127, 255: 0 red, 127 green and 255 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Azure?

The complementary color is #FF8000, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #007FFF?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.48:1 and white text 3.83:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Azure color: hex code #007FFF

#007FFF rgb(0, 127, 255)

Shades of blue

Azure has the hex code #007FFF. It is a vivid azure.

In the RGB color model it is made of 0% red, 49.8% green and 100% blue (0, 127, 255).

Its hue angle is 210°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 100% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black.

Note that the CSS keyword azure is a different color, #F0FFFF.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.48:1).

Azure (#007FFF) color codes

HEX	`#007FFF`
RGB	`rgb(0, 127, 255)`
RGB percent	`rgb(0%, 49.8%, 100%)`
HSL	`hsl(210, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(210, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(100%, 50%, 0%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(54.44, 19.4, -71.36)`
CIE LCH	`lch(54.44, 73.95, 285.21)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.633, 22.395, 97.56)`
Decimal	`32767`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Azure, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #007FFF	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.48:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.83:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#007FFF as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.83:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.48:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #007FFF looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #007fff; }
.text { color: #007fff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #007fff; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(0 127 255 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #007fff, #0000ff); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #007FFF on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #007FFF?: #007FFF is a vivid azure known as Azure. It belongs to the blue family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Azure?: The RGB value is 0, 127, 255: 0 red, 127 green and 255 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Azure?: The complementary color is #FF8000, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #007FFF?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.48:1 and white text 3.83:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.