#ac79d1

Color #ac79d1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.86 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ac79d1

RGB

rgb(172, 121, 209)

HSL

hsl(274.8, 48.9%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.8, 42.1%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.7%, 42.1%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(59.02, 36.24, -37.9)

LCH

lch(59.02, 52.44, 313.72)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.1369, 309.78)

HWB

hwb(274.8, 47.5%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ed179

Analogous

#8079d1

#ac79d1

#d179ca

Triadic

#ac79d1

#d1ac79

#79d1ac

Split-complementary

#ac79d1

#cad179

#79d180

Tetradic

#ac79d1

#d1799e

#9ed179

#79d1ac

Square

#ac79d1

#d18079

#9ed179

#79cad1

Shades

Color #ac79d1 mixed toward black.

#9350c3

#7738a4

#592a7b

#3b1c52

#1e0e29

Tints

Color #ac79d1 mixed toward white.

#ba8fd9

#c8a6e0

#d6bce8

#e3d2f0

#f1e9f7

Tones

Color #ac79d1 mixed toward gray.

#ab80ca

#aa88c2

#a98fbb

#a796b4

#a69eac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998c0 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#9b9fbc · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#aab2ae · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac79d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac79d1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ac79d1 (#ac79d1) is rgb(172, 121, 209) in RGB.

No, #ac79d1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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