#ca79ef

Color #ca79ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 12.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ca79ef

RGB

rgb(202, 121, 239)

HSL

hsl(281.2, 78.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.2, 49.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 49.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(63.72, 51.11, -47.02)

LCH

lch(63.72, 69.45, 317.39)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.1829, 314.29)

HWB

hwb(281.2, 47.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9eef79

Analogous

#8f79ef

#ca79ef

#ef79d9

Triadic

#ca79ef

#efca79

#79efca

Split-complementary

#ca79ef

#d9ef79

#79ef8f

Tetradic

#ca79ef

#ef799e

#9eef79

#79efca

Square

#ca79ef

#ef8f79

#9eef79

#79d9ef

Shades

Color #ca79ef mixed toward black.

#b543e9

#9b1ad6

#7413a1

#4e0d6b

#270636

Tints

Color #ca79ef mixed toward white.

#d38ff2

#dca6f4

#e5bcf7

#edd2fa

#f6e9fc

Tones

Color #ca79ef mixed toward gray.

#c683e5

#c38ddb

#bf97d2

#bba0c8

#b8aabe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adacda · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#b1b7d4 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#c7c7c3 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 27.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ca79ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca79ef]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ca79ef (#ca79ef) is rgb(202, 121, 239) in RGB.

No, #ca79ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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