#b79ac5

Color #b79ac5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.59 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#b79ac5

RGB

rgb(183, 154, 197)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 27%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 21.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 21.8%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(67.43, 18.65, -18.11)

LCH

lch(67.43, 26, 315.84)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.0689, 314.71)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 60.4%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8c59a

Analogous

#a19ac5

#b79ac5

#c59abd

Triadic

#b79ac5

#c5b79a

#9ac5b7

Split-complementary

#b79ac5

#bdc59a

#9ac5a1

Tetradic

#b79ac5

#c59aa8

#a8c59a

#9ac5b7

Square

#b79ac5

#c5a19a

#a8c59a

#9abdc5

Shades

Color #b79ac5 mixed toward black.

#9c75b0

#805595

#60406f

#402b4a

#201525

Tints

Color #b79ac5 mixed toward white.

#c3abcf

#cfbcd8

#dbcce2

#e7ddec

#f3eef5

Tones

Color #b79ac5 mixed toward gray.

#b69ec1

#b4a1be

#b3a5ba

#b2a8b7

#b1acb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababbc · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#adafb9 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#b6b4b2 · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b79ac5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b79ac5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#b79ac5 (#b79ac5) is rgb(183, 154, 197) in RGB.

No, #b79ac5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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