#7970d5

Color #7970d5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.61 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7970d5

RGB

rgb(121, 112, 213)

HSL

hsl(245.3, 54.6%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.3, 47.4%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.2%, 47.4%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(52.35, 28.65, -51.02)

LCH

lch(52.35, 58.51, 299.32)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.1497, 284.98)

HWB

hwb(245.3, 43.9%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccd570

Analogous

#709ad5

#7970d5

#ab70d5

Triadic

#7970d5

#d57970

#70d579

Split-complementary

#7970d5

#d5ab70

#9ad570

Tetradic

#7970d5

#d570cc

#ccd570

#70d579

Square

#7970d5

#d5709a

#ccd570

#70d5ab

Shades

Color #7970d5 mixed toward black.

#5246c9

#3c31a7

#2d257e

#1e1954

#0f0c2a

Tints

Color #7970d5 mixed toward white.

#8f88dc

#a6a0e3

#bcb7ea

#d2cff1

#e9e7f8

Tones

Color #7970d5 mixed toward gray.

#8078cd

#8781c4

#8e89bc

#9592b3

#9b9aab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575c3 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#7676be · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#79b2af · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7970d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7970d5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7970d5 (#7970d5) is rgb(121, 112, 213) in RGB.

No, #7970d5 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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