#705e83

Color #705e83

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 21.15 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#705e83

RGB

rgb(112, 94, 131)

HSL

hsl(269.2, 16.4%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.2, 28.2%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 28.2%, 0%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(42.9, 15.01, -17.94)

LCH

lch(42.9, 23.39, 309.92)

OKLCH

oklch(51.4%, 0.0611, 306.55)

HWB

hwb(269.2, 36.9%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71835e

Analogous

#5e5f83

#705e83

#825e83

Triadic

#705e83

#83705e

#5e8370

Split-complementary

#705e83

#83825e

#5f835e

Tetradic

#705e83

#835e71

#71835e

#5e8370

Square

#705e83

#835e5f

#71835e

#5e8382

Shades

Color #705e83 mixed toward black.

#5d4e6d

#4b3f57

#382f41

#251f2c

#131016

Tints

Color #705e83 mixed toward white.

#88759c

#a090b0

#b7acc3

#cfc8d7

#e7e3eb

Tones

Color #705e83 mixed toward gray.

#706180

#70647d

#70677a

#706a77

#706d74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69697b · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#6a6b79 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#6f7573 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #705e83;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#705e83]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#705e83 (#705e83) is rgb(112, 94, 131) in RGB.

No, #705e83 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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