#746c7e

Color #746c7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#746c7e

RGB

rgb(116, 108, 126)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 7.7%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 14.3%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(46.9, 6.84, -8.82)

LCH

lch(46.9, 11.16, 307.79)

OKLCH

oklch(54.5%, 0.0291, 305.49)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 42.4%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#767e6c

Analogous

#6c6d7e

#746c7e

#7d6c7e

Triadic

#746c7e

#7e746c

#6c7e74

Split-complementary

#746c7e

#7e7d6c

#6d7e6c

Tetradic

#746c7e

#7e6c76

#767e6c

#6c7e74

Square

#746c7e

#7e6c6d

#767e6c

#6c7e7d

Shades

Color #746c7e mixed toward black.

#615a69

#4d4854

#3a363f

#27242a

#131215

Tints

Color #746c7e mixed toward white.

#8b8395

#a29caa

#b9b5bf

#d1cdd5

#e8e6ea

Tones

Color #746c7e mixed toward gray.

#746e7d

#746f7b

#75717a

#757278

#757477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.19:1

White text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#71717a · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#717279 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#747776 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 10.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #746c7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#746c7e]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#746c7e (#746c7e) is rgb(116, 108, 126) in RGB.

No, #746c7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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