Light Steel Blue (Blue)

#B79FD6

RGB: 183, 159, 214

Color OverviewHEX #B79FD6

#B79FD6 Color Code Information

In the RGB color space, #B79FD6 is composed of 72% red, 62% green, and 84% blue. In the HSL color space, it has a hue of 266°, saturation of 40%, and lightness of 73%.

HEX

#B79FD6

RGB

183, 159, 214

HSL

266°, 40%, 73%

HSV

266°, 26%, 84%

CMYK

14%, 26%, 0%, 16%

Name Match

Light Steel Blue

Closest Standard

Shades of #B79FD6 (Darker Variations)

Shades are created by progressively mixing the base color with black.

Tints of #B79FD6 (Lighter Variations)

Tints are created by progressively mixing the base color with pure white.

Tones of #B79FD6 (Muted Variations)

Tones are created by mixing the base color with true neutral gray.

Color Harmonies for #B79FD6

Calculated color schemes based on classic color wheel angles for graphic and web design.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split Complementary

Monochromatic

WCAG Accessibility Contrast Ratios

Verification against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) standards for web text readability.

Sample Text on #B79FD6 Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure White (#FFFFFF):2.35 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Sample Text on #B79FD6 Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure Black (#000000):8.94 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Developer Code Snippets & Tailwind CSS

CSS Variables & Declarations

:root {
  --color-brand: #B79FD6;
}

.element {
  color: #B79FD6;
  background-color: #B79FD6;
  border-color: #B79FD6;
}

Tailwind CSS v4 Utility Classes

<!-- Tailwind Arbitrary Values -->
<div className="bg-[#B79FD6] text-[#B79FD6] border-[#B79FD6]">
  Content styled with #B79FD6
</div>