#7970CB#7970CB

#7970CB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.136 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7970CB
RGB	rgb(121, 112, 203)
HSL	hsl(246, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(246, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 44.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 25.79, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 52.92, 299.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0375 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.136 286)
XYZ	xyz(24.4558, 19.9642, 59.0533)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7970CB #C2CB70

analogous

#7095CB #7970CB #A770CB

triadic

#7970CB #CB7970 #70CB79

tetradic

#7970CB #CB7095 #C2CB70 #70CBA7

square

#7970CB #CB7095 #C2CB70 #70CBA7

split-complementary

#7970CB #CBA770 #95CB70

monochromatic

#3C338D #4F44BA #7970CB #A39DDB #CDCAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#7970CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#7970CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7970CB

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7970CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7970CB	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D79C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#628294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7970cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 112, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.136 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a399db',
    500: '#7970cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7970cb;
$custom-light: #a399db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7970cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.934,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59464,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.19965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7970CB

secondary

#D9DCBB

accent

#BA2CAC

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#0F0D15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7970CB

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

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