#bc79e7

Color #bc79e7

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.94 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bc79e7

RGB

rgb(188, 121, 231)

HSL

hsl(276.5, 69.6%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.5, 47.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 47.6%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(61.77, 45.61, -45.77)

LCH

lch(61.77, 64.62, 314.9)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.1685, 310.79)

HWB

hwb(276.5, 47.5%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4e779

Analogous

#8579e7

#bc79e7

#e779db

Triadic

#bc79e7

#e7bc79

#79e7bc

Split-complementary

#bc79e7

#dbe779

#79e785

Tetradic

#bc79e7

#e779a4

#a4e779

#79e7bc

Square

#bc79e7

#e78579

#a4e779

#79dbe7

Shades

Color #bc79e7 mixed toward black.

#a347de

#8724c7

#651b95

#431263

#220932

Tints

Color #bc79e7 mixed toward white.

#c78feb

#d2a6ef

#ddbcf3

#e9d2f7

#f4e9fb

Tones

Color #bc79e7 mixed toward gray.

#ba82de

#b88bd5

#b694cb

#b49ec2

#b2a7b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3d3 · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#a7abce · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#b9c1bd · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc79e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc79e7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc79e7 (#bc79e7) is rgb(188, 121, 231) in RGB.

No, #bc79e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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