#725e7f

Color #725e7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 20.21 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#725e7f

RGB

rgb(114, 94, 127)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 14.9%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 26%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 26%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(42.94, 14.79, -15.44)

LCH

lch(42.94, 21.38, 313.77)

OKLCH

oklch(51.4%, 0.0564, 311.84)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 36.9%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b7f5e

Analogous

#615e7f

#725e7f

#7f5e7b

Triadic

#725e7f

#7f725e

#5e7f72

Split-complementary

#725e7f

#7b7f5e

#5e7f61

Tetradic

#725e7f

#7f5e6b

#6b7f5e

#5e7f72

Square

#725e7f

#7f615e

#6b7f5e

#5e7b7f

Shades

Color #725e7f mixed toward black.

#5f4e6a

#4c3f55

#392f3f

#261f2a

#131015

Tints

Color #725e7f mixed toward white.

#8a7598

#a290ad

#b9acc1

#d0c8d6

#e8e3ea

Tones

Color #725e7f mixed toward gray.

#71617c

#716379

#706677

#706974

#6f6c71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a78 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#6b6c76 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#717271 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 16.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #725e7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#725e7f]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#725e7f (#725e7f) is rgb(114, 94, 127) in RGB.

No, #725e7f 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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