#ad79cd

Color #ad79cd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.92 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ad79cd

RGB

rgb(173, 121, 205)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 45.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 41%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(58.94, 35.65, -35.75)

LCH

lch(58.94, 50.49, 314.92)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.1325, 311.63)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 47.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99cd79

Analogous

#8379cd

#ad79cd

#cd79c3

Triadic

#ad79cd

#cdad79

#79cdad

Split-complementary

#ad79cd

#c3cd79

#79cd83

Tetradic

#ad79cd

#cd7999

#99cd79

#79cdad

Square

#ad79cd

#cd8379

#99cd79

#79c3cd

Shades

Color #ad79cd mixed toward black.

#9551be

#783b9e

#5a2c77

#3c1d4f

#1e0f28

Tints

Color #ad79cd mixed toward white.

#bb8fd5

#c8a6de

#d6bce6

#e4d2ee

#f1e9f7

Tones

Color #ad79cd mixed toward gray.

#ab80c6

#aa87bf

#a88eb8

#a695b1

#a59caa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999bd · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#9ca0b9 · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#abafac · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ad79cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad79cd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ad79cd (#ad79cd) is rgb(173, 121, 205) in RGB.

No, #ad79cd 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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