#705d7c

Color #705d7c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#705d7c

RGB

rgb(112, 93, 124)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 14.3%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 25%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 25%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(42.35, 14, -14.53)

LCH

lch(42.35, 20.18, 313.94)

OKLCH

oklch(50.8%, 0.0532, 312.11)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 36.5%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#697c5d

Analogous

#605d7c

#705d7c

#7c5d78

Triadic

#705d7c

#7c705d

#5d7c70

Split-complementary

#705d7c

#787c5d

#5d7c60

Tetradic

#705d7c

#7c5d69

#697c5d

#5d7c70

Square

#705d7c

#7c605d

#697c5d

#5d787c

Shades

Color #705d7c mixed toward black.

#5d4d67

#4b3e53

#382e3e

#251f29

#130f15

Tints

Color #705d7c mixed toward white.

#897396

#a08fab

#b8abc0

#d0c7d5

#e7e3ea

Tones

Color #705d7c mixed toward gray.

#6f5f79

#6f6277

#6e6574

#6e6772

#6d6a6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.55:1

White text reads better on this background (5.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686875 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#696b74 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#6f706f · ΔE 17.5

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #705d7c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#705d7c]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#705d7c (#705d7c) is rgb(112, 93, 124) in RGB.

No, #705d7c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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