#b79ee2

Color #b79ee2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b79ee2

RGB

rgb(183, 158, 226)

HSL

hsl(262.1, 54%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.1, 30.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(69.48, 22.64, -31.01)

LCH

lch(69.48, 38.4, 306.13)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0995, 300.89)

HWB

hwb(262.1, 62%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9e29e

Analogous

#9ea7e2

#b79ee2

#d99ee2

Triadic

#b79ee2

#e2b79e

#9ee2b7

Split-complementary

#b79ee2

#e2d99e

#a7e29e

Tetradic

#b79ee2

#e29ec9

#c9e29e

#9ee2b7

Square

#b79ee2

#e29ea7

#c9e29e

#9ee2d9

Shades

Color #b79ee2 mixed toward black.

#936dd3

#6e3bc5

#522c94

#371d63

#1b0f31

Tints

Color #b79ee2 mixed toward white.

#c3aee7

#cfbeec

#dbcff1

#e7dff5

#f3effa

Tones

Color #b79ee2 mixed toward gray.

#b9a4dc

#baa9d7

#bcafd1

#bdb5cb

#bfbac6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadd4 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#aeb0d1 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#b6c8c6 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b79ee2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b79ee2]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#b79ee2 (#b79ee2) is rgb(183, 158, 226) in RGB.

No, #b79ee2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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