#716b74

Color #716b74

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.11 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#716b74

RGB

rgb(113, 107, 116)

HSL

hsl(280, 4%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 7.8%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(46.02, 4.16, -4.17)

LCH

lch(46.02, 5.89, 314.93)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.0156, 314.74)

HWB

hwb(280, 42%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e746b

Analogous

#6c6b74

#716b74

#746b72

Triadic

#716b74

#74716b

#6b7471

Split-complementary

#716b74

#72746b

#6b746c

Tetradic

#716b74

#746b6e

#6e746b

#6b7471

Square

#716b74

#746c6b

#6e746b

#6b7274

Shades

Color #716b74 mixed toward black.

#5e5961

#4b474d

#38353a

#262427

#131213

Tints

Color #716b74 mixed toward white.

#89838c

#a19ba3

#b8b4ba

#d0cdd1

#e7e6e8

Tones

Color #716b74 mixed toward gray.

#716c73

#706c72

#706d72

#706e71

#706f70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.06:1

White text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e72 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#6f6f71 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#717070 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 6.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #716b74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#716b74]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#716b74 (#716b74) is rgb(113, 107, 116) in RGB.

No, #716b74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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