#a79eb6

Color #a79eb6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a79eb6

RGB

rgb(167, 158, 182)

HSL

hsl(262.5, 14.1%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.5, 13.2%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(66.56, 7.94, -11.21)

LCH

lch(66.56, 13.74, 305.31)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0358, 302.58)

HWB

hwb(262.5, 62%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb69e

Analogous

#9ea1b6

#a79eb6

#b39eb6

Triadic

#a79eb6

#b6a79e

#9eb6a7

Split-complementary

#a79eb6

#b6b39e

#a1b69e

Tetradic

#a79eb6

#b69ead

#adb69e

#9eb6a7

Square

#a79eb6

#b69ea1

#adb69e

#9eb6b3

Shades

Color #a79eb6 mixed toward black.

#8a7e9e

#6d6181

#524961

#373141

#1b1820

Tints

Color #a79eb6 mixed toward white.

#b6aec2

#c4bece

#d3cfdb

#e2dfe7

#f0eff3

Tones

Color #a79eb6 mixed toward gray.

#a8a0b4

#a8a2b2

#a9a4b0

#a9a6ae

#aaa8ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3b1 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#a4a4af · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#a7acab · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a79eb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79eb6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#a79eb6 (#a79eb6) is rgb(167, 158, 182) in RGB.

No, #a79eb6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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