#b79dff

Color #b79dff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.58 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b79dff

RGB

rgb(183, 157, 255)

HSL

hsl(255.9, 100%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.9, 38.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 38.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(70.46, 29.98, -45.32)

LCH

lch(70.46, 54.34, 303.49)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.1397, 295.08)

HWB

hwb(255.9, 61.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ff9d

Analogous

#9db4ff

#b79dff

#e89dff

Triadic

#b79dff

#ffb79d

#9dffb7

Split-complementary

#b79dff

#ffe89d

#b4ff9d

Tetradic

#b79dff

#ff9de5

#e5ff9d

#9dffb7

Square

#b79dff

#ff9db4

#e5ff9d

#9dffe8

Shades

Color #b79dff mixed toward black.

#8558ff

#5214ff

#3700ce

#240089

#120045

Tints

Color #b79dff mixed toward white.

#c3adff

#cfbeff

#dbceff

#e7deff

#f3efff

Tones

Color #b79dff mixed toward gray.

#bba5f7

#bfadef

#c3b6e7

#c6bede

#cac6d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacec · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#aeb0e7 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#b6dcd8 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 24.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b79dff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b79dff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#b79dff (#b79dff) is rgb(183, 157, 255) in RGB.

No, #b79dff 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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