#716c79

Color #716c79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.26 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#716c79

RGB

rgb(113, 108, 121)

HSL

hsl(263.1, 5.7%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.1, 10.7%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(46.47, 4.64, -6.51)

LCH

lch(46.47, 7.99, 305.48)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.0208, 303.23)

HWB

hwb(263.1, 42.4%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74796c

Analogous

#6c6d79

#716c79

#786c79

Triadic

#716c79

#79716c

#6c7971

Split-complementary

#716c79

#79786c

#6d796c

Tetradic

#716c79

#796c74

#74796c

#6c7971

Square

#716c79

#796c6d

#74796c

#6c7978

Shades

Color #716c79 mixed toward black.

#5e5a65

#4b4851

#38363d

#262428

#131214

Tints

Color #716c79 mixed toward white.

#888391

#a09ca7

#b8b5bd

#d0cdd3

#e7e6e9

Tones

Color #716c79 mixed toward gray.

#716d78

#716e77

#726f76

#727075

#727174

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f76 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#6f7075 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#717473 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 7.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #716c79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#716c79]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#716c79 (#716c79) is rgb(113, 108, 121) in RGB.

No, #716c79 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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