#726c7e

Color #726c7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.38 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#726c7e

RGB

rgb(114, 108, 126)

HSL

hsl(260, 7.7%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 14.3%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(46.72, 6.11, -9.11)

LCH

lch(46.72, 10.97, 303.85)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0285, 300.62)

HWB

hwb(260, 42.4%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#787e6c

Analogous

#6c6f7e

#726c7e

#7b6c7e

Triadic

#726c7e

#7e726c

#6c7e72

Split-complementary

#726c7e

#7e7b6c

#6f7e6c

Tetradic

#726c7e

#7e6c78

#787e6c

#6c7e72

Square

#726c7e

#7e6c6f

#787e6c

#6c7e7b

Shades

Color #726c7e mixed toward black.

#5f5a69

#4c4854

#39363f

#26242a

#131215

Tints

Color #726c7e mixed toward white.

#898395

#a19caa

#b8b5bf

#d0cdd5

#e7e6ea

Tones

Color #726c7e mixed toward gray.

#736e7d

#736f7b

#74717a

#747278

#757477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.16:1

White text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f7a · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#707079 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#727776 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #726c7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#726c7e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#726c7e (#726c7e) is rgb(114, 108, 126) in RGB.

No, #726c7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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