#735a81

Color #735a81

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 24.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#735a81

RGB

rgb(115, 90, 129)

HSL

hsl(278.5, 17.8%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.5, 30.2%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(42.07, 18.03, -17.97)

LCH

lch(42.07, 25.46, 315.1)

OKLCH

oklch(50.8%, 0.0673, 313.13)

HWB

hwb(278.5, 35.3%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68815a

Analogous

#5f5a81

#735a81

#815a7b

Triadic

#735a81

#81735a

#5a8173

Split-complementary

#735a81

#7b815a

#5a815f

Tetradic

#735a81

#815a68

#68815a

#5a8173

Square

#735a81

#815f5a

#68815a

#5a7b81

Shades

Color #735a81 mixed toward black.

#604b6b

#4d3c56

#392d40

#261e2b

#130f15

Tints

Color #735a81 mixed toward white.

#8c709b

#a38daf

#baa9c3

#d1c6d7

#e8e2eb

Tones

Color #735a81 mixed toward gray.

#725d7e

#71607a

#706477

#6f6774

#6e6a71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.51:1

White text reads better on this background (5.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696979 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#6a6c77 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#727271 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #735a81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#735a81]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#735a81 (#735a81) is rgb(115, 90, 129) in RGB.

No, #735a81 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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