#7171c5

Color #7171c5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.01 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#7171c5

RGB

rgb(113, 113, 197)

HSL

hsl(240, 42%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 42.6%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.6%, 42.6%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(51.1, 21.42, -43.93)

LCH

lch(51.1, 48.87, 295.99)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.1268, 281.79)

HWB

hwb(240, 44.3%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5c571

Analogous

#719bc5

#7171c5

#9b71c5

Triadic

#7171c5

#c57171

#71c571

Split-complementary

#7171c5

#c59b71

#9bc571

Tetradic

#7171c5

#c571c5

#c5c571

#71c571

Square

#7171c5

#c5719b

#c5c571

#71c59b

Shades

Color #7171c5 mixed toward black.

#4c4cb6

#3c3c93

#2d2d6e

#1e1e49

#0f0f25

Tints

Color #7171c5 mixed toward white.

#8989cf

#a0a0d8

#b8b8e2

#d0d0ec

#e7e7f5

Tones

Color #7171c5 mixed toward gray.

#7878be

#7f7fb7

#8686b0

#8d8da9

#9494a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171b5 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#7171b1 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#71a7a4 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7171c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7171c5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7171c5 (#7171c5) is rgb(113, 113, 197) in RGB.

No, #7171c5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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