#736c7f

Color #736c7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#736c7f

RGB

rgb(115, 108, 127)

HSL

hsl(262.1, 8.1%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.1, 15%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.4%, 15%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(46.85, 6.69, -9.51)

LCH

lch(46.85, 11.63, 305.13)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.0302, 302.17)

HWB

hwb(262.1, 42.4%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#787f6c

Analogous

#6c6f7f

#736c7f

#7d6c7f

Triadic

#736c7f

#7f736c

#6c7f73

Split-complementary

#736c7f

#7f7d6c

#6f7f6c

Tetradic

#736c7f

#7f6c78

#787f6c

#6c7f73

Square

#736c7f

#7f6c6f

#787f6c

#6c7f7d

Shades

Color #736c7f mixed toward black.

#605a6a

#4d4855

#3a3640

#26242a

#131215

Tints

Color #736c7f mixed toward white.

#8a8396

#a19cab

#b9b5c0

#d0cdd5

#e8e6ea

Tones

Color #736c7f mixed toward gray.

#736e7d

#746f7c

#74717a

#757279

#757477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.18:1

White text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#70707b · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#70717a · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#737776 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 10.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #736c7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736c7f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#736c7f (#736c7f) is rgb(115, 108, 127) in RGB.

No, #736c7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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