#6972B8#6972B8

#6972B8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.108 H 276.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6972B8
RGB	rgb(105, 114, 184)
HSL	hsl(233, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(233, 43%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 38%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 14.93, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 40.90, 291.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.0129 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.108 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4921, 18.4976, 47.8287)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6972B8 #B8AF69

analogous

#699AB8 #6972B8 #8869B8

triadic

#6972B8 #B86972 #72B869

tetradic

#6972B8 #B8699A #B8AF69 #69B888

square

#6972B8 #B8699A #B8AF69 #69B888

split-complementary

#6972B8 #B88869 #9AB869

monochromatic

#363C71 #49529B #6972B8 #9399CC #BCC0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#6972B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#6972B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6972B8

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6972B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6972B8	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5374B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F808C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6972b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 114, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.108 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#979acd',
    500: '#6972b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6972b8;
$custom-light: #979acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6972b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.165,
    "s": 35.747,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57535,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6972B8

secondary

#CFCBAE

accent

#BF5CCC

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F9

border

#CCCCD2

text

#0E0E13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6972B8

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

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