#74617e

Color #74617e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#74617e

RGB

rgb(116, 97, 126)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 13%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 23%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 23%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(43.9, 13.46, -13.35)

LCH

lch(43.9, 18.96, 315.24)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.0502, 313.87)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 38%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b7e61

Analogous

#65617e

#74617e

#7e6179

Triadic

#74617e

#7e7461

#617e74

Split-complementary

#74617e

#797e61

#617e65

Tetradic

#74617e

#7e616b

#6b7e61

#617e74

Square

#74617e

#7e6561

#6b7e61

#61797e

Shades

Color #74617e mixed toward black.

#615169

#4d4154

#3a303f

#27202a

#131015

Tints

Color #74617e mixed toward white.

#8c7897

#a393ac

#baaec1

#d1c9d5

#e8e4ea

Tones

Color #74617e mixed toward gray.

#73637c

#726679

#726877

#716b74

#706d72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.75:1

White text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c78 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#6d6f76 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#737371 · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74617e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74617e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#74617e (#74617e) is rgb(116, 97, 126) in RGB.

No, #74617e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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