#7870c4

Color #7870c4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.49 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7870c4

RGB

rgb(120, 112, 196)

HSL

hsl(245.7, 41.6%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.7, 42.9%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.8%, 42.9%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(51.34, 23.55, -42.93)

LCH

lch(51.34, 48.97, 298.75)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.126, 286.22)

HWB

hwb(245.7, 43.9%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcc470

Analogous

#7092c4

#7870c4

#a270c4

Triadic

#7870c4

#c47870

#70c478

Split-complementary

#7870c4

#c4a270

#92c470

Tetradic

#7870c4

#c470bc

#bcc470

#70c478

Square

#7870c4

#c47092

#bcc470

#70c4a2

Shades

Color #7870c4 mixed toward black.

#564cb5

#443c91

#332d6d

#221e49

#110f24

Tints

Color #7870c4 mixed toward white.

#8e88ce

#a5a0d8

#bbb8e2

#d2cfeb

#e8e7f5

Tones

Color #7870c4 mixed toward gray.

#7e77bd

#837eb6

#8985af

#8f8ca8

#9493a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575b4 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#7576b0 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#78a6a3 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7870c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7870c4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7870c4 (#7870c4) is rgb(120, 112, 196) in RGB.

No, #7870c4 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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