#736985

Color #736985

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#736985

RGB

rgb(115, 105, 133)

HSL

hsl(261.4, 11.8%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.4, 21.1%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(46.23, 9.86, -14.02)

LCH

lch(46.23, 17.14, 305.12)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.0446, 301.23)

HWB

hwb(261.4, 41.2%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b8569

Analogous

#696d85

#736985

#816985

Triadic

#736985

#857369

#698573

Split-complementary

#736985

#858169

#6d8569

Tetradic

#736985

#85697b

#7b8569

#698573

Square

#736985

#85696d

#7b8569

#698581

Shades

Color #736985 mixed toward black.

#60586f

#4d4659

#3a3543

#26232c

#131216

Tints

Color #736985 mixed toward white.

#8a809b

#a19aaf

#b9b3c3

#d0ccd7

#e8e6eb

Tones

Color #736985 mixed toward gray.

#746b83

#746e80

#75707e

#76727c

#767579

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f7f · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#6f707d · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#737a79 · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #736985;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736985]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#736985 (#736985) is rgb(115, 105, 133) in RGB.

No, #736985 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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