#797dec

Color #797dec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#797dec

RGB

rgb(121, 125, 236)

HSL

hsl(237.9, 75.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.9, 48.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.7%, 47%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(56.87, 27.69, -56.72)

LCH

lch(56.87, 63.12, 296.02)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.1634, 279.16)

HWB

hwb(237.9, 47.5%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ece879

Analogous

#79b7ec

#797dec

#ae79ec

Triadic

#797dec

#ec797d

#7dec79

Split-complementary

#797dec

#ecae79

#b7ec79

Tetradic

#797dec

#e879ec

#ece879

#7dec79

Square

#797dec

#ec79b7

#ece879

#79ecae

Shades

Color #797dec mixed toward black.

#454ae5

#1e24d0

#161b9c

#0f1268

#070934

Tints

Color #797dec mixed toward white.

#8f93ef

#a6a8f2

#bcbef6

#d2d4f9

#e9e9fc

Tones

Color #797dec mixed toward gray.

#8386e2

#8c8fd9

#9698cf

#9fa1c6

#a9aabc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7bd8 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#7b7ad3 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#79c6c2 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 26.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #797dec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797dec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#797dec (#797dec) is rgb(121, 125, 236) in RGB.

No, #797dec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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