#74697d

Color #74697d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#74697d

RGB

rgb(116, 105, 125)

HSL

hsl(273, 8.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273, 16%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.2%, 16%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(46.04, 8.41, -9.52)

LCH

lch(46.04, 12.7, 311.46)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0334, 309.89)

HWB

hwb(273, 41.2%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#727d69

Analogous

#6a697d

#74697d

#7d697c

Triadic

#74697d

#7d7469

#697d74

Split-complementary

#74697d

#7c7d69

#697d6a

Tetradic

#74697d

#7d6972

#727d69

#697d74

Square

#74697d

#7d6a69

#727d69

#697c7d

Shades

Color #74697d mixed toward black.

#615768

#4d4653

#3a343f

#27232a

#131115

Tints

Color #74697d mixed toward white.

#8b8094

#a29aaa

#bab3bf

#d1ccd4

#e8e6ea

Tones

Color #74697d mixed toward gray.

#746b7b

#746c7a

#746e78

#737076

#737175

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

#6f6f79 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#707177 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#737574 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74697d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74697d]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#74697d (#74697d) is rgb(116, 105, 125) in RGB.

No, #74697d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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