#7f778b

Color #7f778b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.44 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7f778b

RGB

rgb(127, 119, 139)

HSL

hsl(264, 7.9%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 14.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(51.35, 7.15, -9.76)

LCH

lch(51.35, 12.1, 306.23)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0315, 303.49)

HWB

hwb(264, 46.7%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#838b77

Analogous

#77798b

#7f778b

#89778b

Triadic

#7f778b

#8b7f77

#778b7f

Split-complementary

#7f778b

#8b8977

#798b77

Tetradic

#7f778b

#8b7783

#838b77

#778b7f

Square

#7f778b

#8b7779

#838b77

#778b89

Shades

Color #7f778b mixed toward black.

#6a6374

#554f5d

#3f3b46

#2a282e

#151417

Tints

Color #7f778b mixed toward white.

#948e9e

#aaa4b2

#bfbbc5

#d4d2d8

#eae8ec

Tones

Color #7f778b mixed toward gray.

#7f7989

#807a88

#807c86

#807e84

#817f83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c87 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#7c7d85 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#7f8382 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f778b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f778b]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#7f778b (#7f778b) is rgb(127, 119, 139) in RGB.

No, #7f778b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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