#a79bd9

Color #a79bd9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.25 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a79bd9

RGB

rgb(167, 155, 217)

HSL

hsl(251.6, 44.9%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.6, 28.6%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 28.6%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(67.03, 17.38, -29.95)

LCH

lch(67.03, 34.63, 300.13)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0897, 292.9)

HWB

hwb(251.6, 60.8%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdd99b

Analogous

#9baed9

#a79bd9

#c69bd9

Triadic

#a79bd9

#d9a79b

#9bd9a7

Split-complementary

#a79bd9

#d9c69b

#aed99b

Tetradic

#a79bd9

#d99bcd

#cdd99b

#9bd9a7

Square

#a79bd9

#d99bae

#cdd99b

#9bd9c6

Shades

Color #a79bd9 mixed toward black.

#7f6ec8

#5a44b4

#433387

#2d225a

#16112d

Tints

Color #a79bd9 mixed toward white.

#b6acdf

#c4bce6

#d3cdec

#e2def2

#f0eef9

Tones

Color #a79bd9 mixed toward gray.

#aaa0d4

#ada5cf

#b0aac9

#b4b0c4

#b7b5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2cc · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#a3a4c9 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#a6c1bf · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a79bd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79bd9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a79bd9 (#a79bd9) is rgb(167, 155, 217) in RGB.

No, #a79bd9 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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