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#767eca

a balanced, soft blue · cool · closest name: Medium Purple

Token name suggestion: Signal Denim

RGB
118, 126, 202
HSL
234°, 44%, 63%
CMYK
42, 38, 0, 21
Luminance
0.2304

#767eca is a balanced soft blue, 234° on the wheel and 87/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.61:1). As text it scores 3.74:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Medium Purple, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(234 44% 63%)rgb(118 126 202)Base step 400AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #767eca is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#767eca
Hue
234°
blue
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
63%
balanced
Brightness
79%
HSV value
Perceived
53%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2304
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
87/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
5.61:1
Closest name
Medium Purple
ΔE2000 9
Chroma
43.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.619
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 9.7
Web-safe
#6666CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue234° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness63%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #767eca.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool87% 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
Red17%
Green65%
Blue19%

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

Every format

HEX#767eca
HEX (8-digit)#767ecaff
RGBrgb(118, 126, 202)
RGBArgba(118, 126, 202, 1)
HSLhsl(234, 44%, 63%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234, 42%, 79%)
HWBhwb(234 46% 21%)
CMYKcmyk(42%, 38%, 0%, 21%)
LABlab(55.1 16.4 -40.4)
LCHlch(55.1 43.6 292.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.619 0.115 277.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(25.59, 23.04, 58.96)
Decimal7765706
Display P3color(display-p3 0.463 0.494 0.792)
Web-safe#6666CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #767eca;
background-color: #767eca;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #767eca;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#767eca] bg-[#767eca]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #767eca;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.463, green: 0.494, blue: 0.792)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.463, green: 0.494, blue: 0.792, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#767ECA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF767ECA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF767ECA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(202, 126, 118)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(118, 126, 202)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(118, 126, 202)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 118, 126, 202)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4627f, 0.4941f, 0.7922f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{118,126,202}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #767eca 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #767eca 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#24295C, #D3D5EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #767eca 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: #F5F5FA;
  --brand-100: #EAEBF5;
  --brand-200: #D1D3EB;
  --brand-300: #AEB3E0;
  --brand-400: #767eca;
  --brand-500: #5D67C0;
  --brand-600: #444FB1;
  --brand-700: #394193;
  --brand-800: #2E3476;
  --brand-900: #242956;
  --brand-950: #171A36;
  --brand: #767eca;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F5FA;
  --brand-border: #C4C8E8;
  --brand-hover: #5C66C0;
  --brand-pressed: #4550B3;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141524;
    --brand-ink: #D3D5EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F5FA',
        100: '#EAEBF5',
        200: '#D1D3EB',
        300: '#AEB3E0',
        400: '#767eca',
        500: '#5D67C0',
        600: '#444FB1',
        700: '#394193',
        800: '#2E3476',
        900: '#242956',
        950: '#171A36',
        DEFAULT: '#767eca',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F5FA,
  '100': #EAEBF5,
  '200': #D1D3EB,
  '300': #AEB3E0,
  '400': #767eca,
  '500': #5D67C0,
  '600': #444FB1,
  '700': #394193,
  '800': #2E3476,
  '900': #242956,
  '950': #171A36,
);
$brand-base: #767eca;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAEBF5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D1D3EB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AEB3E0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#767eca", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5D67C0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#444FB1", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#394193", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2E3476", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#242956", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#171A36", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$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#000000 on #767eca · 5.61:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.74:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.61:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #767eca as text scores 3.74:1 on white and 5.61:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #24295C at 3.63:1.

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
#636DC3 · 4.66:1
AA on white−5% L
#636DC3
The quick fox
#444EAF · 7.11:1
AAA on white−15% L
#444EAF
The quick fox
#767eca · 5.61:1
AA on blackalready passes
#767eca
The quick fox
#8C93D2 · 7.22:1
AAA on black+6% L
#8C93D2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #767ECA 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
#767eca on white: 3.74:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#767eca on black: 5.61:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #767eca as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #767eca.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.74:1AaAa
Slate 503.58:1AaAa
Slate 1003.42:1AaAa
Slate 2003.04:1AaAa
Slate 3002.52:1AaAa
Slate 4001.46:1AaAa
Slate 5001.27:1AaAa
Slate 6002.02:1AaAa
Slate 7002.76:1AaAa
Slate 8003.91:1AaAa
Slate 9004.77:1AaAa
Black5.61:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #6487CD
deuteranopia · #5E81C8
tritanopia · #5C8D9A

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. #767eca is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F5FA
#EAEBF5
#D1D3EB
#AEB3E0
#767eca
#5D67C0
#444FB1
#394193
#2E3476
#242956
#171A36
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F5F5FADarkest = 950 · #171A36Text 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 0.029 277.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.046 277.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.069 277.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.089 277.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.106 277.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.115 277.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.115 277.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.108 277.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.096 277.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.080 277.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.063 277.9);
}

Colors that work with #767eca

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

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#C4C8E8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B529B
Captions on the surface
Accent#977535
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#24295C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDEEF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141524
Dark-mode background
Hover#5C66C0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4550B3
Two steps down
Disabled#CFD1E1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7C85D8
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #767eca

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #24295C
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
  • Weight37/100
  • 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#CAC276
Analogous left#76A8CA
Analogous right#9876CA
Split-complement 1#CA9876
Split-complement 2#A8CA76
Triadic 1#CA767E
Triadic 2#7ECA76
Tetradic#CA76A8
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°234°

#767eca sits at 234°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red46.3%
Green49.4%
Blue79.2%
R · 0–255
118
0x76
G · 0–255
126
0x7e
B · 0–255
202
0xca

CMYK percentages

Cyan41.6%
Magenta37.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)20.8%

Total ink coverage is 100%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#767eca text on a black background

contrast 5.61:1

Card sample

#767eca text on a white background

contrast 3.74:1

Card sample

#767eca on grey

3.42:1

#767eca on its own surface

3.44:1

#767eca on its dark surface

4.82:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #767eca;
Background color
Panel with #767eca background
background-color: #767eca;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #767eca;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(118, 126, 202, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(118, 126, 202, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #767eca;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #767eca, #A676CA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #767eca, #BB76CA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #767eca;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #767eca;
caret-color: #767eca;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #767eca;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDEEF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #767eca;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#767eca 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #767eca 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(118, 126, 202, 0.5)
rgb(118 126 202 / 50%)
#767eca80
hsl(234 44% 63% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #767eca 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#767eca1a#F1F2FA
20%#767eca33#E4E5F4
40%#767eca66#C8CBEA
60%#767eca99#ADB2DF
80%#767ecacc#9198D5

Gradients from #767eca

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, #A2A7DB, #767eca 45%, #24295C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #767eca, #A060C1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #767eca, #CAC276);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B8BCE4 0%, #767eca 45%, #24295C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #9BC4D8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #AE8CD2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #24295C 0%, transparent 65%), #767eca;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #767eca

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.

#767eca 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

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.61:1.

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.

#767eca, answered

What color is #767eca?

#767eca is a balanced soft blue, closest to Medium Purple (ΔE2000 9). It sits at 234° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 63% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #767eca?

rgb(118, 126, 202) — 118 red, 126 green and 202 blue out of 255, or 46.3% / 49.4% / 79.2% by channel.

What is #767eca in HSL and HSV?

hsl(234, 44%, 63%) and hsv(234, 42%, 79%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #767eca a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2304 and perceived brightness is 53%, so black text on it reaches 5.61:1.

Should I use black or white text on #767eca?

Black. It scores 5.61:1 against #767eca, versus 3.74:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #767eca accessible on a white background?

#767eca on white scores 3.74:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #636DC3 to reach 4.5:1, or #444EAF for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #767eca?

#CAC276 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CA9876 and #A8CA76, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #767eca?

For interface work: #F4F5FA as the surface, #C4C8E8 for borders, #4B529B for secondary text, #977535 as an accent and #24295C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #76A8CA and #9876CA stays calm, while #CAC276 is the loudest partner.

What is #767eca in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(42%, 38%, 0%, 21%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #767eca warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 87 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #8D76CA; nudged cooler, #7493CC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #767eca?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 9.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #767eca as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #767eca in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#767eca] or text-[#767eca], 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 #767eca with 50% opacity?

rgba(118, 126, 202, 0.5), or #767eca80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BBBFE5; over black, #3B3F65.

Is #767eca a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #6666CC, ΔE2000 8.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #767eca 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 #767eca?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A2A7DB, #767eca 45%, #24295C). For more colour, a short hue run to #A060C1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #767eca in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #767eca at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.