#a79cd9

Color #a79cd9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.48 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a79cd9

RGB

rgb(167, 156, 217)

HSL

hsl(250.8, 44.5%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.8, 28.1%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(67.28, 16.81, -29.56)

LCH

lch(67.28, 34.01, 299.63)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0881, 292.34)

HWB

hwb(250.8, 61.2%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ced99c

Analogous

#9cafd9

#a79cd9

#c59cd9

Triadic

#a79cd9

#d9a79c

#9cd9a7

Split-complementary

#a79cd9

#d9c59c

#afd99c

Tetradic

#a79cd9

#d99cce

#ced99c

#9cd9a7

Square

#a79cd9

#d99caf

#ced99c

#9cd9c5

Shades

Color #a79cd9 mixed toward black.

#7f6fc8

#5945b4

#433487

#2c225a

#16112d

Tints

Color #a79cd9 mixed toward white.

#b6acdf

#c4bde6

#d3cdec

#e2def2

#f0eef9

Tones

Color #a79cd9 mixed toward gray.

#aaa1d4

#ada6cf

#b1abca

#b4b0c5

#b7b5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2cc · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#a3a4c9 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#a6c2bf · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a79cd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79cd9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a79cd9 (#a79cd9) is rgb(167, 156, 217) in RGB.

No, #a79cd9 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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