#a78bf2

Color #a78bf2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.39 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a78bf2

RGB

rgb(167, 139, 242)

HSL

hsl(256.3, 79.8%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.3, 42.6%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 42.6%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(64.23, 32.54, -48.1)

LCH

lch(64.23, 58.07, 304.08)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1486, 294.82)

HWB

hwb(256.3, 54.5%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6f28b

Analogous

#8ba3f2

#a78bf2

#da8bf2

Triadic

#a78bf2

#f2a78b

#8bf2a7

Split-complementary

#a78bf2

#f2da8b

#a3f28b

Tetradic

#a78bf2

#f28bd6

#d6f28b

#8bf2a7

Square

#a78bf2

#f28ba3

#d6f28b

#8bf2da

Shades

Color #a78bf2 mixed toward black.

#7c52ec

#511ae4

#3d13ab

#280d72

#140639

Tints

Color #a78bf2 mixed toward white.

#b69ef4

#c4b2f6

#d3c5f8

#e2d8fb

#f0ecfd

Tones

Color #a78bf2 mixed toward gray.

#ab94e9

#af9ce1

#b3a5d8

#b7add0

#bbb6c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bdf · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#9d9fda · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#a6ceca · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a78bf2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a78bf2]

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

#a78bf2 (#a78bf2) is rgb(167, 139, 242) in RGB.

No, #a78bf2 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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