#7f788c

Color #7f788c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7f788c

RGB

rgb(127, 120, 140)

HSL

hsl(261, 8%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261, 14.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(51.65, 6.78, -9.88)

LCH

lch(51.65, 11.98, 304.46)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.0311, 301.34)

HWB

hwb(261, 47.1%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#858c78

Analogous

#787b8c

#7f788c

#89788c

Triadic

#7f788c

#8c7f78

#788c7f

Split-complementary

#7f788c

#8c8978

#7b8c78

Tetradic

#7f788c

#8c7885

#858c78

#788c7f

Square

#7f788c

#8c787b

#858c78

#788c89

Shades

Color #7f788c mixed toward black.

#6a6475

#55505e

#3f3c46

#2a282f

#151417

Tints

Color #7f788c mixed toward white.

#948f9f

#aaa5b2

#bfbcc6

#d4d2d9

#eae9ec

Tones

Color #7f788c mixed toward gray.

#807a8a

#807b89

#817d87

#817f85

#828084

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c88 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#7c7d86 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#7f8483 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f788c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f788c]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#7f788c (#7f788c) is rgb(127, 120, 140) in RGB.

No, #7f788c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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