#736e7d

Color #736e7d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#736e7d

RGB

rgb(115, 110, 125)

HSL

hsl(260, 6.4%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 12%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 12%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(47.34, 5.06, -7.58)

LCH

lch(47.34, 9.11, 303.72)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.0237, 300.67)

HWB

hwb(260, 43.1%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#787d6e

Analogous

#6e717d

#736e7d

#7b6e7d

Triadic

#736e7d

#7d736e

#6e7d73

Split-complementary

#736e7d

#7d7b6e

#717d6e

Tetradic

#736e7d

#7d6e78

#787d6e

#6e7d73

Square

#736e7d

#7d6e71

#787d6e

#6e7d7b

Shades

Color #736e7d mixed toward black.

#605c68

#4d4953

#3a373f

#26252a

#131215

Tints

Color #736e7d mixed toward white.

#8a8594

#a19ea9

#b9b6bf

#d0ced4

#e8e7ea

Tones

Color #736e7d mixed toward gray.

#736f7c

#74717b

#747279

#757378

#757477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.26:1

White text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#71717a · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#717279 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#737776 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 8.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #736e7d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736e7d]

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

#736e7d (#736e7d) is rgb(115, 110, 125) in RGB.

No, #736e7d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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