#7e728c

Color #7e728c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.59 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7e728c

RGB

rgb(126, 114, 140)

HSL

hsl(267.7, 10.2%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.7, 18.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(10%, 18.6%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(49.93, 9.96, -12.48)

LCH

lch(49.93, 15.97, 308.59)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.0417, 305.94)

HWB

hwb(267.7, 44.7%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#808c72

Analogous

#72738c

#7e728c

#8b728c

Triadic

#7e728c

#8c7e72

#728c7e

Split-complementary

#7e728c

#8c8b72

#738c72

Tetradic

#7e728c

#8c7280

#808c72

#728c7e

Square

#7e728c

#8c7273

#808c72

#728c8b

Shades

Color #7e728c mixed toward black.

#695f75

#544c5d

#3f3946

#2a262f

#151317

Tints

Color #7e728c mixed toward white.

#93899f

#a9a1b2

#beb8c6

#d4d0d9

#e9e7ec

Tones

Color #7e728c mixed toward gray.

#7e748a

#7e7688

#7e7985

#7f7b83

#7f7d81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797986 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#7a7b85 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#7d8280 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7e728c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e728c]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#7e728c (#7e728c) is rgb(126, 114, 140) in RGB.

No, #7e728c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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