#73429b

Color #73429b

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 9.24 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#73429b

RGB

rgb(115, 66, 155)

HSL

hsl(273, 40.3%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273, 57.4%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 57.4%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(37.68, 38.44, -40.61)

LCH

lch(37.68, 55.92, 313.43)

OKLCH

oklch(47.9%, 0.1436, 307.25)

HWB

hwb(273, 25.9%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a9b42

Analogous

#46429b

#73429b

#9b4296

Triadic

#73429b

#9b7342

#429b73

Split-complementary

#73429b

#969b42

#429b46

Tetradic

#73429b

#9b426a

#6a9b42

#429b73

Square

#73429b

#9b4642

#6a9b42

#42969b

Shades

Color #73429b mixed toward black.

#603781

#4d2c67

#39214d

#261634

#130b1a

Tints

Color #73429b mixed toward white.

#8b56b7

#a278c5

#ba9ad4

#d1bbe2

#e8ddf1

Tones

Color #73429b mixed toward gray.

#724993

#71518c

#715885

#70607d

#6f6776

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.98:1

White text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61618c · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#646788 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#717e7b · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 25.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #73429b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73429b]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#73429b (#73429b) is rgb(115, 66, 155) in RGB.

No, #73429b 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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