#706b7f

Color #706b7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#706b7f

RGB

rgb(112, 107, 127)

HSL

hsl(255, 8.5%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 15.7%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(46.3, 6.21, -10.36)

LCH

lch(46.3, 12.08, 300.94)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.0313, 296.73)

HWB

hwb(255, 42%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a7f6b

Analogous

#6b707f

#706b7f

#7a6b7f

Triadic

#706b7f

#7f706b

#6b7f70

Split-complementary

#706b7f

#7f7a6b

#707f6b

Tetradic

#706b7f

#7f6b7a

#7a7f6b

#6b7f70

Square

#706b7f

#7f6b70

#7a7f6b

#6b7f7a

Shades

Color #706b7f mixed toward black.

#5d596a

#4b4755

#38363f

#25242a

#131215

Tints

Color #706b7f mixed toward white.

#878296

#9f9bab

#b7b4c0

#cfcdd5

#e7e6ea

Tones

Color #706b7f mixed toward gray.

#716d7d

#726e7c

#73707a

#737278

#747377

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.1:1

White text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e7b · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#6e6f79 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#707776 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 10.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #706b7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#706b7f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#706b7f (#706b7f) is rgb(112, 107, 127) in RGB.

No, #706b7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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