#a79bbb

Color #a79bbb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a79bbb

RGB

rgb(167, 155, 187)

HSL

hsl(262.5, 19%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.5, 17.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(65.94, 10.66, -14.93)

LCH

lch(65.94, 18.35, 305.53)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0478, 302.26)

HWB

hwb(262.5, 60.8%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afbb9b

Analogous

#9b9fbb

#a79bbb

#b79bbb

Triadic

#a79bbb

#bba79b

#9bbba7

Split-complementary

#a79bbb

#bbb79b

#9fbb9b

Tetradic

#a79bbb

#bb9baf

#afbb9b

#9bbba7

Square

#a79bbb

#bb9b9f

#afbb9b

#9bbbb7

Shades

Color #a79bbb mixed toward black.

#8979a4

#6d5c88

#514566

#362e44

#1b1722

Tints

Color #a79bbb mixed toward white.

#b6acc6

#c4bcd2

#d3cddd

#e2dee8

#f0eef4

Tones

Color #a79bbb mixed toward gray.

#a89eb8

#a8a0b6

#a9a3b3

#aaa6b0

#aaa8ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2b4 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#a3a4b2 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#a6aead · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a79bbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79bbb]

Related colors

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#a79bbb (#a79bbb) is rgb(167, 155, 187) in RGB.

No, #a79bbb 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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