#72648b

Color #72648b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.98 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#72648b

RGB

rgb(114, 100, 139)

HSL

hsl(261.5, 16.3%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.5, 28.1%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 28.1%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(45.02, 13.95, -19.47)

LCH

lch(45.02, 23.95, 305.62)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.0622, 300.77)

HWB

hwb(261.5, 39.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d8b64

Analogous

#646a8b

#72648b

#86648b

Triadic

#72648b

#8b7264

#648b72

Split-complementary

#72648b

#8b8664

#6a8b64

Tetradic

#72648b

#8b647d

#7d8b64

#648b72

Square

#72648b

#8b646a

#7d8b64

#648b86

Shades

Color #72648b mixed toward black.

#5f5374

#4c435d

#393246

#26212e

#131117

Tints

Color #72648b mixed toward white.

#897ca1

#a196b3

#b8b0c6

#d0cbd9

#e7e5ec

Tones

Color #72648b mixed toward gray.

#736788

#746b85

#756e81

#76717e

#77747b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c83 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#6d6e81 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#717c7a · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #72648b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72648b]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Indigo #4b0082

Frequently asked questions

#72648b (#72648b) is rgb(114, 100, 139) in RGB.

No, #72648b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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