#979DC7#979DC7

#979DC7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.062 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979DC7
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 199)
HSL	hsl(233, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(233, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 7.06, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 23.35, 287.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.009 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.062 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1256, 34.8160, 58.8913)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979DC7 #C7C197

analogous

#97B5C7 #979DC7 #A997C7

triadic

#979DC7 #C7979D #9DC797

tetradic

#979DC7 #C797B5 #C7C197 #97C7A9

square

#979DC7 #C797B5 #C7C197 #97C7A9

split-complementary

#979DC7 #C7A997 #B5C797

monochromatic

#505894 #6F78B2 #979DC7 #BFC2DC #E7E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#979DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#979DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979DC7

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979DC7	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.062 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9d8',
    500: '#979dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979dc7;
$custom-light: #b6b9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70606,
    "c": 0.06171,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979DC7

secondary

#E4E2D6

accent

#9B3DA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #979DC7

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

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