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#7974CA

#7974ca ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7974ca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 45.49% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.1% cyan, 42.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 243.49°, with 44.79% saturation and 62.35% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.24.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2082

Complementary

  1. #7974ca
  2. #c5ca74

Split complementary

  1. #7974ca
  2. #caa474
  3. #9aca74

Analogous

  1. #749aca
  2. #7974ca
  3. #a474ca

Triadic

  1. #7974ca
  2. #ca7974
  3. #74ca79

Tetradic

  1. #7974ca
  2. #ca74c5
  3. #c5ca74
  4. #74ca79

Square

  1. #7974ca
  2. #ca749a
  3. #c5ca74
  4. #74caa4

Monochromatic

  1. #322e77
  2. #4943af
  3. #7974ca
  4. #aeabdf
  5. #e4e3f4

Shades

#7974ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7974ca
  2. #6d68b6
  3. #615da2
  4. #55518d
  5. #494679
  6. #3d3a65
  7. #302e51
  8. #24233d
  9. #181728
  10. #0c0c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#7974ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7974ca
  2. #8682cf
  3. #9490d5
  4. #a19eda
  5. #afacdf
  6. #bcbae5
  7. #c9c7ea
  8. #d7d5ef
  9. #e4e3f4
  10. #f2f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7974ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7974ca
  2. #7a75c3
  3. #7a76bb
  4. #7b78b4
  5. #7c79ac
  6. #7d7aa5
  7. #7d7b9e
  8. #7e7c96
  9. #7f7e8f
  10. #7f7f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c7aa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5681cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #537bc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #628595 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #667ccc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6478c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6c7fad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7974ca {
  color: #7974ca;
}
Background
.bg-7974ca {
  background-color: #7974ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7974ca {
  border: 2px solid #7974ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7974ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 116 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7974ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7974ca, #a474ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7974ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 116 202 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.24 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.64 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.81 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.92 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.27 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.45 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 10.01 #868b35 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#7974ca  rgb(121, 116, 202)  hsl(243, 45%, 62%)  Medium Purple
#c5ca74  rgb(197, 202, 116)  hsl(63, 45%, 62%)  Dark Khaki
#ca7974  rgb(202, 121, 116)  hsl(3, 45%, 62%)  Old Rose
#74ca79  rgb(116, 202, 121)  hsl(123, 45%, 62%)  Mantis