#ac79ce

Color #ac79ce

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.27 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ac79ce

RGB

rgb(172, 121, 206)

HSL

hsl(276, 46.4%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 41.3%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 41.3%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(58.88, 35.57, -36.42)

LCH

lch(58.88, 50.91, 314.32)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.1332, 310.77)

HWB

hwb(276, 47.5%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bce79

Analogous

#8179ce

#ac79ce

#ce79c5

Triadic

#ac79ce

#ceac79

#79ceac

Split-complementary

#ac79ce

#c5ce79

#79ce81

Tetradic

#ac79ce

#ce799b

#9bce79

#79ceac

Square

#ac79ce

#ce8179

#9bce79

#79c5ce

Shades

Color #ac79ce mixed toward black.

#9351bf

#773aa0

#592c78

#3c1d50

#1e0f28

Tints

Color #ac79ce mixed toward white.

#ba8fd6

#c8a6de

#d5bce6

#e3d2ef

#f1e9f7

Tones

Color #ac79ce mixed toward gray.

#ab80c7

#a987c0

#a88eb9

#a695b2

#a59cab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998be · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#9b9fba · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#aab0ac · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac79ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac79ce]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ac79ce (#ac79ce) is rgb(172, 121, 206) in RGB.

No, #ac79ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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