#6970CD#6970CD

#6970CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.141 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6970CD
RGB	rgb(105, 112, 205)
HSL	hsl(236, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(236, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 45.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 22.49, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 54.09, 294.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.0192 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.141 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6359, 18.9981, 60.2200)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6970CD #CDC669

analogous

#69A2CD #6970CD #9469CD

triadic

#6970CD #CD6970 #70CD69

tetradic

#6970CD #CD69A2 #CDC669 #69CD94

square

#6970CD #CD69A2 #CDC669 #69CD94

split-complementary

#6970CD #CD9469 #A2CD69

monochromatic

#2F358D #3E47BB #6970CD #979CDC #C5C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#6970CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#6970CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6970CD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6970CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6970CD	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4175CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#438494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6970cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 112, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.141 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a98dd',
    500: '#6970cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6970cd;
$custom-light: #9a98dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6970cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.8,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58351,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6970CD

secondary

#DCD9B6

accent

#B328BD

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FB

border

#CCCCD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6970CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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