#7971CB#7971CB

#7971CB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.134 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7971CB
RGB	rgb(121, 113, 203)
HSL	hsl(245, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(245, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 44.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 25.19, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 52.28, 298.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.0362 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.134 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5667, 20.1861, 59.0902)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7971CB #C3CB71

analogous

#7196CB #7971CB #A671CB

triadic

#7971CB #CB7971 #71CB79

tetradic

#7971CB #CB7196 #C3CB71 #71CBA6

square

#7971CB #CB7196 #C3CB71 #71CBA6

split-complementary

#7971CB #CBA671 #96CB71

monochromatic

#3C348E #4F44BB #7971CB #A39EDB #CECBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#7971CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#7971CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7971CB

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7971CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7971CB	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#507FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#618394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7971cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 113, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.134 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a399db',
    500: '#7971cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7971cb;
$custom-light: #a399db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7971cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.333,
    "s": 46.392,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59654,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7971CB

secondary

#DADCBB

accent

#BA2CAD

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#0F0E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7971CB

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

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