#736a78

Color #736a78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#736a78

RGB

rgb(115, 106, 120)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 6.2%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 11.7%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(46.05, 6.36, -6.51)

LCH

lch(46.05, 9.1, 314.33)

OKLCH

oklch(53.7%, 0.024, 313.65)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 41.6%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f786a

Analogous

#6c6a78

#736a78

#786a76

Triadic

#736a78

#78736a

#6a7873

Split-complementary

#736a78

#76786a

#6a786c

Tetradic

#736a78

#786a6f

#6f786a

#6a7873

Square

#736a78

#786c6a

#6f786a

#6a7678

Shades

Color #736a78 mixed toward black.

#605864

#4d4750

#39353c

#262328

#131214

Tints

Color #736a78 mixed toward white.

#8b8190

#a29aa6

#b9b4bc

#d0cdd3

#e8e6e9

Tones

Color #736a78 mixed toward gray.

#736b77

#726c76

#726d74

#726f73

#717072

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.06:1

White text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f75 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#707074 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#737272 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #736a78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736a78]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#736a78 (#736a78) is rgb(115, 106, 120) in RGB.

No, #736a78 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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