#c79be9

Color #c79be9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c79be9

RGB

rgb(199, 155, 233)

HSL

hsl(273.8, 63.9%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.8, 33.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(70.5, 30.72, -33.15)

LCH

lch(70.5, 45.2, 312.82)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.1183, 309.58)

HWB

hwb(273.8, 60.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bde99b

Analogous

#a09be9

#c79be9

#e99be4

Triadic

#c79be9

#e9c79b

#9be9c7

Split-complementary

#c79be9

#e4e99b

#9be9a0

Tetradic

#c79be9

#e99bbd

#bde99b

#9be9c7

Square

#c79be9

#e9a09b

#bde99b

#9be4e9

Shades

Color #c79be9 mixed toward black.

#a966dd

#8c31d2

#69239f

#46176a

#230c35

Tints

Color #c79be9 mixed toward white.

#d0aced

#dabcf0

#e3cdf4

#ecdef8

#f6eefb

Tones

Color #c79be9 mixed toward gray.

#c6a2e3

#c5a8dc

#c5afd6

#c4b5cf

#c3bcc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b5d9 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#b8bbd5 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#c5ccc9 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c79be9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c79be9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#c79be9 (#c79be9) is rgb(199, 155, 233) in RGB.

No, #c79be9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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