#7970BC#7970BC

#7970BC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.115 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7970BC
RGB	rgb(121, 112, 188)
HSL	hsl(247, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(247, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 40.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 21.60, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 44.45, 299.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.0349 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.115 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7540, 19.2835, 50.0904)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7970BC #B3BC70

analogous

#708DBC #7970BC #9F70BC

triadic

#7970BC #BC7970 #70BC79

tetradic

#7970BC #BC708D #B3BC70 #70BC9F

square

#7970BC #BC708D #B3BC70 #70BC9F

split-complementary

#7970BC #BC9F70 #8DBC70

monochromatic

#403979 #564CA3 #7970BC #A09AD0 #C7C3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#7970BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#7970BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7970BC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7970BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7970BC	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5778BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#687E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7970bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 112, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.115 287.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7970bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.105,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58618,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7970BC

secondary

#CFD3B5

accent

#CC5CBF

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#0F0D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7970BC

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

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