#726975

Color #726975

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#726975

RGB

rgb(114, 105, 117)

HSL

hsl(285, 5.4%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 10.3%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(45.59, 5.95, -5.41)

LCH

lch(45.59, 8.04, 317.72)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.0215, 317.83)

HWB

hwb(285, 41.2%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c7569

Analogous

#6c6975

#726975

#756972

Triadic

#726975

#757269

#697572

Split-complementary

#726975

#727569

#69756c

Tetradic

#726975

#75696c

#6c7569

#697572

Square

#726975

#756c69

#6c7569

#697275

Shades

Color #726975 mixed toward black.

#5f5761

#4c464e

#39343a

#262327

#131113

Tints

Color #726975 mixed toward white.

#8a808d

#a29aa4

#b9b3bb

#d0ccd2

#e8e6e8

Tones

Color #726975 mixed toward gray.

#716a74

#716b73

#706c72

#706d71

#6f6e70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.99:1

White text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e72 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#6f6f72 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#727070 · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 8.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #726975;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#726975]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#726975 (#726975) is rgb(114, 105, 117) in RGB.

No, #726975 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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