#c79ea5

Color #c79ea5

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 7.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c79ea5

RGB

rgb(199, 158, 165)

HSL

hsl(349.8, 26.8%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.8, 20.6%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 17.1%, 22%)

LAB

lab(68.98, 16.27, 2.17)

LCH

lch(68.98, 16.41, 7.6)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0495, 6.85)

HWB

hwb(349.8, 62%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ec7c0

Analogous

#c79eb9

#c79ea5

#c7ac9e

Triadic

#c79ea5

#a5c79e

#9ea5c7

Split-complementary

#c79ea5

#9ec7ac

#9eb9c7

Tetradic

#c79ea5

#c7c09e

#9ec7c0

#9ea5c7

Square

#c79ea5

#b9c79e

#9ec7c0

#ac9ec7

Shades

Color #c79ea5 mixed toward black.

#b17882

#975762

#714149

#4b2c31

#261618

Tints

Color #c79ea5 mixed toward white.

#d0aeb4

#dabec3

#e3ced2

#ecdfe1

#f6eff0

Tones

Color #c79ea5 mixed toward gray.

#c4a1a7

#c0a5a9

#bda8ac

#b9acae

#b6afb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b6a3 · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#b9bca3 · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#c5a2a2 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c79ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c79ea5]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#c79ea5 (#c79ea5) is rgb(199, 158, 165) in RGB.

No, #c79ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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