#a79ee5

Color #a79ee5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.44 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a79ee5

RGB

rgb(167, 158, 229)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 57.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 31%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.1%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(68.26, 18.56, -34.65)

LCH

lch(68.26, 39.31, 298.18)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.1019, 289.43)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 62%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dce59e

Analogous

#9eb9e5

#a79ee5

#cb9ee5

Triadic

#a79ee5

#e5a79e

#9ee5a7

Split-complementary

#a79ee5

#e5cb9e

#b9e59e

Tetradic

#a79ee5

#e59edc

#dce59e

#9ee5a7

Square

#a79ee5

#e59eb9

#dce59e

#9ee5cb

Shades

Color #a79ee5 mixed toward black.

#796bd7

#4b38ca

#372999

#251b66

#120e33

Tints

Color #a79ee5 mixed toward white.

#b6aee9

#c4beee

#d3cff2

#e2dff6

#f0effb

Tones

Color #a79ee5 mixed toward gray.

#aba4df

#b0aad9

#b4b0d3

#b9b6cd

#bdbcc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3d7 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#a4a4d3 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a7cac7 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 21.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a79ee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79ee5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a79ee5 (#a79ee5) is rgb(167, 158, 229) in RGB.

No, #a79ee5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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