#9b79f9

Color #9b79f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 9.25 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9b79f9

RGB

rgb(155, 121, 249)

HSL

hsl(255.9, 91.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.9, 51.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.8%, 51.4%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(59.42, 41.48, -59.69)

LCH

lch(59.42, 72.69, 304.8)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.1837, 293.01)

HWB

hwb(255.9, 47.5%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7f979

Analogous

#7997f9

#9b79f9

#db79f9

Triadic

#9b79f9

#f99b79

#79f99b

Split-complementary

#9b79f9

#f9db79

#97f979

Tetradic

#9b79f9

#f979d7

#d7f979

#79f99b

Square

#9b79f9

#f97997

#d7f979

#79f9db

Shades

Color #9b79f9 mixed toward black.

#6f3ef6

#460bec

#3508b1

#230576

#12033b

Tints

Color #9b79f9 mixed toward white.

#ab8ffa

#bca6fb

#cdbcfc

#ded2fd

#eee9fe

Tones

Color #9b79f9 mixed toward gray.

#a083ee

#a58ee4

#aa99d9

#afa4ce

#b4aec4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8de2 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#8f92dd · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#9aceca · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b79f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b79f9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#9b79f9 (#9b79f9) is rgb(155, 121, 249) in RGB.

No, #9b79f9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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