#746a77

Color #746a77

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#746a77

RGB

rgb(116, 106, 119)

HSL

hsl(286.2, 5.8%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.2, 10.9%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(46.11, 6.52, -5.81)

LCH

lch(46.11, 8.73, 318.3)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0233, 318.31)

HWB

hwb(286.2, 41.6%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d776a

Analogous

#6d6a77

#746a77

#776a73

Triadic

#746a77

#77746a

#6a7774

Split-complementary

#746a77

#73776a

#6a776d

Tetradic

#746a77

#776a6d

#6d776a

#6a7774

Square

#746a77

#776d6a

#6d776a

#6a7377

Shades

Color #746a77 mixed toward black.

#615863

#4d474f

#3a353b

#272328

#131214

Tints

Color #746a77 mixed toward white.

#8c818f

#a39aa5

#bab4bc

#d1cdd2

#e8e6e9

Tones

Color #746a77 mixed toward gray.

#736b76

#736c75

#726d74

#726e73

#716f72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.07:1

White text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#707074 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#707173 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#747271 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #746a77;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#746a77]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#746a77 (#746a77) is rgb(116, 106, 119) in RGB.

No, #746a77 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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