#b79ac8

Color #b79ac8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b79ac8

RGB

rgb(183, 154, 200)

HSL

hsl(277.8, 29.5%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.8, 23%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 23%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(67.54, 19.27, -19.62)

LCH

lch(67.54, 27.5, 314.48)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0726, 312.88)

HWB

hwb(277.8, 60.4%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abc89a

Analogous

#a09ac8

#b79ac8

#c89ac2

Triadic

#b79ac8

#c8b79a

#9ac8b7

Split-complementary

#b79ac8

#c2c89a

#9ac8a0

Tetradic

#b79ac8

#c89aab

#abc89a

#9ac8b7

Square

#b79ac8

#c8a09a

#abc89a

#9ac2c8

Shades

Color #b79ac8 mixed toward black.

#9c74b3

#7f5399

#5f3e73

#402a4c

#201526

Tints

Color #b79ac8 mixed toward white.

#c3abd1

#cfbcda

#dbcce3

#e7dded

#f3eef6

Tones

Color #b79ac8 mixed toward gray.

#b69ec4

#b5a2c0

#b4a5bc

#b3a9b9

#b2adb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababbe · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#adafbc · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#b6b6b4 · ΔE 21.5

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b79ac8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b79ac8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#b79ac8 (#b79ac8) is rgb(183, 154, 200) in RGB.

No, #b79ac8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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