#a79cb7

Color #a79cb7

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.92 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a79cb7

RGB

rgb(167, 156, 183)

HSL

hsl(264.4, 15.8%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.4, 14.8%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(66.07, 9.26, -12.5)

LCH

lch(66.07, 15.56, 306.53)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0406, 303.85)

HWB

hwb(264.4, 61.2%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb79c

Analogous

#9c9fb7

#a79cb7

#b59cb7

Triadic

#a79cb7

#b7a79c

#9cb7a7

Split-complementary

#a79cb7

#b7b59c

#9fb79c

Tetradic

#a79cb7

#b79cac

#acb79c

#9cb7a7

Square

#a79cb7

#b79c9f

#acb79c

#9cb7b5

Shades

Color #a79cb7 mixed toward black.

#8a7b9f

#6e5f83

#524762

#373041

#1b1821

Tints

Color #a79cb7 mixed toward white.

#b6adc3

#c4bdcf

#d3cedb

#e2dee7

#f0eff3

Tones

Color #a79cb7 mixed toward gray.

#a79eb5

#a8a1b3

#a8a3b0

#a9a5ae

#a9a7ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2b1 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#a3a4af · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#a6acab · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a79cb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79cb7]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#a79cb7 (#a79cb7) is rgb(167, 156, 183) in RGB.

No, #a79cb7 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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