#8979c7

Color #8979c7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.52 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8979c7

RGB

rgb(137, 121, 199)

HSL

hsl(252.3, 41.1%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.3, 39.2%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 39.2%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(55.19, 23.68, -38.48)

LCH

lch(55.19, 45.18, 301.61)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1161, 292.1)

HWB

hwb(252.3, 47.5%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7c779

Analogous

#7990c7

#8979c7

#b079c7

Triadic

#8979c7

#c78979

#79c789

Split-complementary

#8979c7

#c7b079

#90c779

Tetradic

#8979c7

#c779b7

#b7c779

#79c789

Square

#8979c7

#c77990

#b7c779

#79c7b0

Shades

Color #8979c7 mixed toward black.

#6853b7

#513f96

#3d2f71

#281f4b

#141026

Tints

Color #8979c7 mixed toward white.

#9d8fd0

#b0a6da

#c4bce3

#d8d2ec

#ebe9f6

Tones

Color #8979c7 mixed toward gray.

#8d7fc0

#9186ba

#948cb3

#9893ad

#9c99a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282b8 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#8384b4 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#88aba8 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8979c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8979c7]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8979c7 (#8979c7) is rgb(137, 121, 199) in RGB.

No, #8979c7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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