#9979b9

Color #9979b9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.16 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9979b9

RGB

rgb(153, 121, 185)

HSL

hsl(270, 31.4%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 34.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 34.6%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(56.04, 25.05, -29.06)

LCH

lch(56.04, 38.37, 310.76)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.1, 306.66)

HWB

hwb(270, 47.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99b979

Analogous

#7979b9

#9979b9

#b979b9

Triadic

#9979b9

#b99979

#79b999

Split-complementary

#9979b9

#b9b979

#79b979

Tetradic

#9979b9

#b97999

#99b979

#79b999

Square

#9979b9

#b97979

#99b979

#79b9b9

Shades

Color #9979b9 mixed toward black.

#8057a8

#664686

#4d3465

#332343

#191122

Tints

Color #9979b9 mixed toward white.

#aa8fc5

#bba6d0

#ccbcdc

#ddd2e8

#eee9f3

Tones

Color #9979b9 mixed toward gray.

#997eb4

#9984ae

#9989a9

#998ea4

#99949e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cac · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#8e90a9 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#98a19f · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9979b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9979b9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#9979b9 (#9979b9) is rgb(153, 121, 185) in RGB.

No, #9979b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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