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#705fac

a balanced, soft blue · cool · closest name: Slate Blue

Token name suggestion: True Sapphire

RGB
112, 95, 172
HSL
253°, 32%, 52%
CMYK
35, 45, 0, 33
Luminance
0.1461

#705fac is a balanced soft blue, 253° on the wheel and 74/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.36:1). As text it scores 5.36:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Slate Blue, nearest Tailwind family is slate.

hsl(253 32% 52%)rgb(112 95 172)Base step 500AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #705fac is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#705fac
Hue
253°
blue
Saturation
32%
soft
Lightness
52%
balanced
Brightness
67%
HSV value
Perceived
44%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1461
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
74/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
5.36:1
Closest name
Slate Blue
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
46.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.537
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
slate
500 · ΔE 11.3
Web-safe
#666699
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue253° of 360°
Saturation32%
Lightness52%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #705fac.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool74% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red24%
Green56%
Blue20%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#705fac
HEX (8-digit)#705facff
RGBrgb(112, 95, 172)
RGBArgba(112, 95, 172, 1)
HSLhsl(253, 32%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253, 45%, 67%)
HWBhwb(253 37% 33%)
CMYKcmyk(35%, 45%, 0%, 33%)
LABlab(45.1 25.0 -39.0)
LCHlch(45.1 46.3 302.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.537 0.118 292.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(18.22, 14.61, 40.88)
Decimal7364524
Display P3color(display-p3 0.439 0.373 0.675)
Web-safe#666699

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #705fac;
background-color: #705fac;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #705fac;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#705fac] bg-[#705fac]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #705fac;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.439, green: 0.373, blue: 0.675)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.439, green: 0.373, blue: 0.675, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#705FAC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF705FAC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF705FAC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(172, 95, 112)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(112, 95, 172)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(112, 95, 172)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 112, 95, 172)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4392f, 0.3725f, 0.6745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{112,95,172}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #705fac 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #705fac 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#342C54, #DBD7EA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #705fac h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F5F9;
  --brand-100: #EEECF3;
  --brand-200: #D9D5E7;
  --brand-300: #BDB5D9;
  --brand-400: #9C90C6;
  --brand-500: #705fac;
  --brand-600: #6554A1;
  --brand-700: #544686;
  --brand-800: #43386B;
  --brand-900: #332B4F;
  --brand-950: #201B31;
  --brand: #705fac;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F6F5FA;
  --brand-border: #CFC9E3;
  --brand-hover: #5F4F98;
  --brand-pressed: #514381;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #171424;
    --brand-ink: #DBD7EA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F5F9',
        100: '#EEECF3',
        200: '#D9D5E7',
        300: '#BDB5D9',
        400: '#9C90C6',
        500: '#705fac',
        600: '#6554A1',
        700: '#544686',
        800: '#43386B',
        900: '#332B4F',
        950: '#201B31',
        DEFAULT: '#705fac',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F5F9,
  '100': #EEECF3,
  '200': #D9D5E7,
  '300': #BDB5D9,
  '400': #9C90C6,
  '500': #705fac,
  '600': #6554A1,
  '700': #544686,
  '800': #43386B,
  '900': #332B4F,
  '950': #201B31,
);
$brand-base: #705fac;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F5F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEECF3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9D5E7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BDB5D9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9C90C6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#705fac", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6554A1", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#544686", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#43386B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#332B4F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#201B31", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #705fac · 5.36:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.36:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.92:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #705fac as text scores 5.36:1 on white and 3.92:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F0EEF6 at 4.66:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#705fac · 5.36:1
AA on whitealready passes
#705fac
The quick fox
#5D4D95 · 7.09:1
AAA on white−8% L
#5D4D95
The quick fox
#7C6DB3 · 4.70:1
AA on black+4% L
#7C6DB3
The quick fox
#9A8EC4 · 7.04:1
AAA on black+14% L
#9A8EC4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #705FAC is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#705fac on white: 5.36:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#705fac on black: 3.92:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #705fac as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #705fac.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.36:1AaAa
Slate 505.12:1AaAa
Slate 1004.89:1AaAa
Slate 2004.34:1AaAa
Slate 3003.61:1AaAa
Slate 4002.09:1AaAa
Slate 5001.13:1AaAa
Slate 6001.42:1AaAa
Slate 7001.93:1AaAa
Slate 8002.73:1AaAa
Slate 9003.33:1AaAa
Black3.92:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #466CAF
deuteranopia · #4869AA
tritanopia · #626E7D

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #705fac is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F5F9
#EEECF3
#D9D5E7
#BDB5D9
#9C90C6
#705fac
#6554A1
#544686
#43386B
#332B4F
#201B31
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6F5F9Darkest = 950 · #201B31Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.030 292.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.047 292.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.071 292.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.092 292.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.109 292.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.118 292.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.118 292.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.111 292.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.099 292.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.083 292.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.065 292.1);
}

Colors that work with #705fac

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F6F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#CFC9E3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5E4E97
Captions on the surface
Accent#8B8841
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#342C54
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0EEF6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#171424
Dark-mode background
Hover#5F4F98
One step down in lightness
Pressed#514381
Two steps down
Disabled#B6AFCC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7661BE
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #705fac

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight48/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#9BAC5F
Analogous left#5F75AC
Analogous right#975FAC
Split-complement 1#AC975F
Split-complement 2#75AC5F
Triadic 1#AC705F
Triadic 2#5FAC70
Tetradic#AC5F75
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°253°

#705fac sits at 253°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red43.9%
Green37.3%
Blue67.5%
R · 0–255
112
0x70
G · 0–255
95
0x5f
B · 0–255
172
0xac

CMYK percentages

Cyan34.9%
Magenta44.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)32.5%

Total ink coverage is 112%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#705fac text on a black background

contrast 3.92:1

Card sample

#705fac text on a white background

contrast 5.36:1

Card sample

#705fac on grey

4.89:1

#705fac on its own surface

4.94:1

#705fac on its dark surface

3.37:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #705fac;
Background color
Panel with #705fac background
background-color: #705fac;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #705fac;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(112, 95, 172, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(112, 95, 172, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #705fac;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #705fac, #A35FAC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #705fac, #AC5FA2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #705fac;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #705fac;
caret-color: #705fac;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #705fac;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0EEF6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #705fac;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#705fac 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #705fac over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(112, 95, 172, 0.5)
rgb(112 95 172 / 50%)
#705fac80
hsl(253 32% 52% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #705fac 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#705fac1a#F1EFF7
20%#705fac33#E2DFEE
40%#705fac66#C6BFDE
60%#705fac99#A99FCD
80%#705faccc#8D7FBD

Gradients from #705fac

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9487C1, #705fac 45%, #342C54);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #705fac, #9A519C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #705fac, #9BAC5F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A69CCB 0%, #705fac 45%, #342C54 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #8197BE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A973B7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #342C54 0%, transparent 65%), #705fac;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #705fac

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#705fac in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.92:1 — lift it to #7C6DB3 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#705fac, answered

What color is #705fac?

#705fac is a balanced soft blue, closest to Slate Blue (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 253° on the hue wheel with 32% saturation and 52% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #705fac?

rgb(112, 95, 172) — 112 red, 95 green and 172 blue out of 255, or 43.9% / 37.3% / 67.5% by channel.

What is #705fac in HSL and HSV?

hsl(253, 32%, 52%) and hsv(253, 45%, 67%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #705fac a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1461 and perceived brightness is 44%, so white text on it reaches 5.36:1.

Should I use black or white text on #705fac?

White. It scores 5.36:1 against #705fac, versus 3.92:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #705fac accessible on a white background?

#705fac on white scores 5.36:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #705fac?

#9BAC5F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #AC975F and #75AC5F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #705fac?

For interface work: #F6F5FA as the surface, #CFC9E3 for borders, #5E4E97 for secondary text, #8B8841 as an accent and #342C54 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #5F75AC and #975FAC stays calm, while #9BAC5F is the loudest partner.

What is #705fac in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(35%, 45%, 0%, 33%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #705fac warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 74 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #8C5FAC; nudged cooler, #5D69AF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #705fac?

The slate family — its 500 step is #64748b, ΔE2000 11.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #705fac as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #705fac in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#705fac] or text-[#705fac], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #705fac with 50% opacity?

rgba(112, 95, 172, 0.5), or #705fac80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B8AFD6; over black, #383056.

Is #705fac a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666699, ΔE2000 5.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #705fac mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #705fac?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9487C1, #705fac 45%, #342C54). For more colour, a short hue run to #9A519C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #705fac in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #705fac at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.