#726f73

Color #726f73

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.88 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#726f73

RGB

rgb(114, 111, 115)

HSL

hsl(285, 1.8%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 3.5%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(47.22, 1.97, -1.81)

LCH

lch(47.22, 2.68, 317.42)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.0072, 317.83)

HWB

hwb(285, 43.5%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#70736f

Analogous

#706f73

#726f73

#736f72

Triadic

#726f73

#73726f

#6f7372

Split-complementary

#726f73

#72736f

#6f7370

Tetradic

#726f73

#736f70

#70736f

#6f7372

Square

#726f73

#73706f

#70736f

#6f7273

Shades

Color #726f73 mixed toward black.

#5f5c60

#4c4a4d

#393739

#262526

#131213

Tints

Color #726f73 mixed toward white.

#8a878b

#a19fa2

#b9b7b9

#d0cfd1

#e8e7e8

Tones

Color #726f73 mixed toward gray.

#726f73

#727072

#717072

#717171

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.24:1

White text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717172 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#717172 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#727171 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 3.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #726f73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#726f73]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#726f73 (#726f73) is rgb(114, 111, 115) in RGB.

No, #726f73 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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