#7971BB#7971BB

#7971BB is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.112 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7971BB
RGB	rgb(121, 113, 187)
HSL	hsl(246, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(246, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 39.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 20.72, -37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 43.23, 298.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0334 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.112 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7575, 19.4624, 49.5617)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7971BB #B3BB71

analogous

#718EBB #7971BB #9E71BB

triadic

#7971BB #BB7971 #71BB79

tetradic

#7971BB #BB718E #B3BB71 #71BB9E

square

#7971BB #BB718E #B3BB71 #71BB9E

split-complementary

#7971BB #BB9E71 #8EBB71

monochromatic

#403A78 #564DA1 #7971BB #A09ACF #C7C4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#7971BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#7971BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7971BB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7971BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7971BB	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5978B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#687F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7971bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 113, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.112 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a299d0',
    500: '#7971bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7971bb;
$custom-light: #a299d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7971bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.486,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5876,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7971BB

secondary

#CFD2B5

accent

#CB5DBF

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#0F0E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7971BB

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

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