#7970BB#7970BB

#7970BB is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.113 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7970BB
RGB	rgb(121, 112, 187)
HSL	hsl(247, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(247, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 40.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 21.32, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 43.88, 299.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0347 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.113 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6466, 19.2405, 49.5247)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7970BB #B2BB70

analogous

#708CBB #7970BB #9E70BB

triadic

#7970BB #BB7970 #70BB79

tetradic

#7970BB #BB708C #B2BB70 #70BB9E

square

#7970BB #BB708C #B2BB70 #70BB9E

split-complementary

#7970BB #BB9E70 #8CBB70

monochromatic

#403978 #574DA1 #7970BB #A099CF #C7C3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#7970BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#7970BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7970BB

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7970BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7970BB	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5777B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#687E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7970bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 112, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.113 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a299d0',
    500: '#7970bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7970bb;
$custom-light: #a299d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7970bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.2,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58564,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7970BB

secondary

#CFD2B5

accent

#CC5CBE

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#0F0D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7970BB

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

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