#c79fd6

Color #c79fd6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.39 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c79fd6

RGB

rgb(199, 159, 214)

HSL

hsl(283.6, 40.1%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.6, 25.7%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 25.7%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(70.73, 24.58, -22.37)

LCH

lch(70.73, 33.24, 317.7)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0886, 316.65)

HWB

hwb(283.6, 62.4%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aed69f

Analogous

#ab9fd6

#c79fd6

#d69fc9

Triadic

#c79fd6

#d6c79f

#9fd6c7

Split-complementary

#c79fd6

#c9d69f

#9fd6ab

Tetradic

#c79fd6

#d69fae

#aed69f

#9fd6c7

Square

#c79fd6

#d6ab9f

#aed69f

#9fc9d6

Shades

Color #c79fd6 mixed toward black.

#ad73c3

#934aae

#6e3883

#492557

#25132c

Tints

Color #c79fd6 mixed toward white.

#d0afdd

#dabfe4

#e3cfea

#ecdff1

#f6eff8

Tones

Color #c79fd6 mixed toward gray.

#c5a3d1

#c3a8cd

#c1adc8

#bfb1c4

#bcb6bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7ca · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#b9bcc8 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#c5c1be · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c79fd6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c79fd6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c79fd6 (#c79fd6) is rgb(199, 159, 214) in RGB.

No, #c79fd6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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