#7971BD#7971BD

#7971BD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.114 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7971BD
RGB	rgb(121, 113, 189)
HSL	hsl(246, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(246, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 40.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 21.27, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 44.37, 298.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.0338 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.114 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9731, 19.5487, 50.6971)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7971BD #B5BD71

analogous

#718FBD #7971BD #9F71BD

triadic

#7971BD #BD7971 #71BD79

tetradic

#7971BD #BD718F #B5BD71 #71BD9F

square

#7971BD #BD718F #B5BD71 #71BD9F

split-complementary

#7971BD #BD9F71 #8FBD71

monochromatic

#40397B #564CA4 #7971BD #A09BD0 #C8C5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#7971BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#7971BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7971BD

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7971BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7971BD	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5778BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#677F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7971bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 113, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.114 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a299d1',
    500: '#7971bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7971bd;
$custom-light: #a299d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7971bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.316,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58868,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7971BD

secondary

#D1D4B6

accent

#CD5BC1

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#0F0E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7971BD

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

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