#7971BC#7971BC

#7971BC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.113 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7971BC
RGB	rgb(121, 113, 188)
HSL	hsl(246, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(246, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 39.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 21.00, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 43.80, 298.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.0336 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.113 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8649, 19.5054, 50.1274)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7971BC #B4BC71

analogous

#718FBC #7971BC #9F71BC

triadic

#7971BC #BC7971 #71BC79

tetradic

#7971BC #BC718F #B4BC71 #71BC9F

square

#7971BC #BC718F #B4BC71 #71BC9F

split-complementary

#7971BC #BC9F71 #8FBC71

monochromatic

#403979 #564DA3 #7971BC #A09BD0 #C7C4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#7971BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#7971BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7971BC

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7971BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7971BC	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5878BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#687F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7971bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 113, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.113 287.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7971bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.4,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58814,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7971BC

secondary

#D0D3B6

accent

#CC5CC0

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#0F0E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7971BC

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

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