#785a8f

Color #785a8f

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#785a8f

RGB

rgb(120, 90, 143)

HSL

hsl(274, 22.7%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274, 37.1%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 37.1%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(43.2, 22.97, -24.64)

LCH

lch(43.2, 33.69, 312.99)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.0882, 309.52)

HWB

hwb(274, 35.3%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#718f5a

Analogous

#5e5a8f

#785a8f

#8f5a8b

Triadic

#785a8f

#8f785a

#5a8f78

Split-complementary

#785a8f

#8b8f5a

#5a8f5e

Tetradic

#785a8f

#8f5a71

#718f5a

#5a8f78

Square

#785a8f

#8f5e5a

#718f5a

#5a8b8f

Shades

Color #785a8f mixed toward black.

#644b77

#503c5f

#3c2d47

#281e30

#140f18

Tints

Color #785a8f mixed toward white.

#8f71a6

#a58eb8

#bcaac9

#d2c6db

#e9e3ed

Tones

Color #785a8f mixed toward gray.

#775e8b

#776386

#766782

#766c7d

#757079

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.66:1

White text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c85 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#6e7082 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#777c79 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #785a8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#785a8f]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#785a8f (#785a8f) is rgb(120, 90, 143) in RGB.

No, #785a8f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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