#a79aef

Color #a79aef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.22 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a79aef

RGB

rgb(167, 154, 239)

HSL

hsl(249.2, 72.6%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.2, 35.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.1%, 35.6%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(67.69, 23.29, -41.02)

LCH

lch(67.69, 47.17, 299.59)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1218, 290.07)

HWB

hwb(249.2, 60.4%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2ef9a

Analogous

#9ab8ef

#a79aef

#d29aef

Triadic

#a79aef

#efa79a

#9aefa7

Split-complementary

#a79aef

#efd29a

#b8ef9a

Tetradic

#a79aef

#ef9ae2

#e2ef9a

#9aefa7

Square

#a79aef

#ef9ab8

#e2ef9a

#9aefd2

Shades

Color #a79aef mixed toward black.

#7662e6

#4529dd

#311baa

#211271

#100939

Tints

Color #a79aef mixed toward white.

#b6abf2

#c4bcf4

#d3cdf7

#e2ddfa

#f0eefc

Tones

Color #a79aef mixed toward gray.

#aca1e8

#b1a8e1

#b6afda

#bbb6d3

#c0becc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a1de · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#a2a3da · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#a6d0cc · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 23.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a79aef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79aef]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a79aef (#a79aef) is rgb(167, 154, 239) in RGB.

No, #a79aef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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