#7978CB#7978CB

#7978CB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.124 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7978CB
RGB	rgb(121, 120, 203)
HSL	hsl(241, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(241, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 40.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 21.00, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 47.85, 296.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.0271 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.124 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3780, 21.8087, 59.3607)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7978CB #CACB78

analogous

#78A0CB #7978CB #A278CB

triadic

#7978CB #CB7978 #78CB79

tetradic

#7978CB #CB78A0 #CACB78 #78CBA2

square

#7978CB #CB78A0 #CACB78 #78CBA2

split-complementary

#7978CB #CBA278 #A0CB78

monochromatic

#393891 #4D4CBA #7978CB #A5A4DC #D1D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#7978CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#7978CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7978CB

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7978CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7978CB	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B83CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#618898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7978cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 120, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.124 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39fdb',
    500: '#7978cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7978cb;
$custom-light: #a39fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7978cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.723,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61004,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7978CB

secondary

#DEDEC1

accent

#B82EB6

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#0F0E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7978CB

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

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