#7971cc

Color #7971cc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.28 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#7971cc

RGB

rgb(121, 113, 204)

HSL

hsl(245.3, 47.2%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.3, 44.6%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.7%, 44.6%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(52.1, 25.48, -46.3)

LCH

lch(52.1, 52.85, 298.83)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.1357, 285.51)

HWB

hwb(245.3, 44.3%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4cc71

Analogous

#7197cc

#7971cc

#a771cc

Triadic

#7971cc

#cc7971

#71cc79

Split-complementary

#7971cc

#cca771

#97cc71

Tetradic

#7971cc

#cc71c4

#c4cc71

#71cc79

Square

#7971cc

#cc7197

#c4cc71

#71cca7

Shades

Color #7971cc mixed toward black.

#544abe

#41389c

#302a75

#201c4e

#100e27

Tints

Color #7971cc mixed toward white.

#8f89d5

#a6a0dd

#bcb8e6

#d2d0ee

#e9e7f7

Tones

Color #7971cc mixed toward gray.

#7f79c5

#8680bd

#8c88b5

#928fae

#9897a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676bb · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#7677b7 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#79aca9 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7971cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7971cc]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#7971cc (#7971cc) is rgb(121, 113, 204) in RGB.

No, #7971cc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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