#7970CD#7970CD

#7970CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.139 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7970CD
RGB	rgb(121, 112, 205)
HSL	hsl(246, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(246, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 45.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 26.36, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 54.04, 299.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.0377 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.139 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6956, 20.0602, 60.3166)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7970CD #C4CD70

analogous

#7096CD #7970CD #A770CD

triadic

#7970CD #CD7970 #70CD79

tetradic

#7970CD #CD7096 #C4CD70 #70CDA7

square

#7970CD #CD7096 #C4CD70 #70CDA7

split-complementary

#7970CD #CDA770 #96CD70

monochromatic

#3B3290 #4F43BD #7970CD #A39DDD #CECBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#7970CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#7970CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7970CD

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7970CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7970CD	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#618395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7970cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 112, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.139 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a499dd',
    500: '#7970cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7970cd;
$custom-light: #a499dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7970cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.806,
    "s": 48.187,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59581,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7970CD

secondary

#DADDBB

accent

#BB2AAD

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#0F0E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7970CD

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

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