#706973

Color #706973

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.68 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#706973

RGB

rgb(112, 105, 115)

HSL

hsl(282, 4.5%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 8.7%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(45.34, 4.77, -4.59)

LCH

lch(45.34, 6.62, 316.1)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.0175, 315.92)

HWB

hwb(282, 41.2%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c7369

Analogous

#6b6973

#706973

#736971

Triadic

#706973

#737069

#697370

Split-complementary

#706973

#717369

#69736b

Tetradic

#706973

#73696c

#6c7369

#697370

Square

#706973

#736b69

#6c7369

#697173

Shades

Color #706973 mixed toward black.

#5d5760

#4b464d

#383439

#252326

#131113

Tints

Color #706973 mixed toward white.

#88818c

#a09aa3

#b8b3ba

#d0ccd1

#e7e6e8

Tones

Color #706973 mixed toward gray.

#706a72

#6f6b71

#6f6b70

#6f6c70

#6e6d6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.96:1

White text reads better on this background (5.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d71 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#6d6e70 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#706f6e · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #706973;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#706973]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#706973 (#706973) is rgb(112, 105, 115) in RGB.

No, #706973 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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