#797ae3

Color #797ae3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.66 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#797ae3

RGB

rgb(121, 122, 227)

HSL

hsl(239.4, 65.4%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.4, 46.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 46.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(55.61, 26.79, -53.7)

LCH

lch(55.61, 60.01, 296.51)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.155, 280.56)

HWB

hwb(239.4, 47.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3e279

Analogous

#79afe3

#797ae3

#ad79e3

Triadic

#797ae3

#e3797a

#7ae379

Split-complementary

#797ae3

#e3ad79

#afe379

Tetradic

#797ae3

#e279e3

#e3e279

#7ae379

Square

#797ae3

#e379af

#e3e279

#79e3ad

Shades

Color #797ae3 mixed toward black.

#494ad9

#282ac0

#1e1f90

#141560

#0a0a30

Tints

Color #797ae3 mixed toward white.

#8f90e8

#a6a6ec

#bcbcf1

#d2d3f6

#e9e9fa

Tones

Color #797ae3 mixed toward gray.

#8283da

#8b8bd1

#9394c8

#9c9dc0

#a5a5b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7979d0 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#7979cb · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#79bfbb · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 25.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #797ae3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797ae3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#797ae3 (#797ae3) is rgb(121, 122, 227) in RGB.

No, #797ae3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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