#736d7f

Color #736d7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#736d7f

RGB

rgb(115, 109, 127)

HSL

hsl(260, 7.6%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 14.2%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(47.12, 6.1, -9.1)

LCH

lch(47.12, 10.96, 303.84)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.0285, 300.62)

HWB

hwb(260, 42.7%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#797f6d

Analogous

#6d707f

#736d7f

#7c6d7f

Triadic

#736d7f

#7f736d

#6d7f73

Split-complementary

#736d7f

#7f7c6d

#707f6d

Tetradic

#736d7f

#7f6d79

#797f6d

#6d7f73

Square

#736d7f

#7f6d70

#797f6d

#6d7f7c

Shades

Color #736d7f mixed toward black.

#605b6a

#4d4955

#3a3740

#26242a

#131215

Tints

Color #736d7f mixed toward white.

#8a8496

#a19dab

#b9b5c0

#d0ced5

#e8e6ea

Tones

Color #736d7f mixed toward gray.

#746f7e

#74707c

#75727b

#757379

#767578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.22:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#70707b · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#71717a · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#737877 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #736d7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736d7f]

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

#736d7f (#736d7f) is rgb(115, 109, 127) in RGB.

No, #736d7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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