#736d75

Color #736d75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.85 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#736d75

RGB

rgb(115, 109, 117)

HSL

hsl(285, 3.5%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 6.8%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(46.8, 3.94, -3.6)

LCH

lch(46.8, 5.34, 317.58)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0142, 317.56)

HWB

hwb(285, 42.7%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f756d

Analogous

#6f6d75

#736d75

#756d73

Triadic

#736d75

#75736d

#6d7573

Split-complementary

#736d75

#73756d

#6d756f

Tetradic

#736d75

#756d6f

#6f756d

#6d7573

Square

#736d75

#756f6d

#6f756d

#6d7375

Shades

Color #736d75 mixed toward black.

#605b61

#4d494e

#39373a

#262427

#131213

Tints

Color #736d75 mixed toward white.

#8b848d

#a29da4

#b9b5ba

#d0ced1

#e8e6e8

Tones

Color #736d75 mixed toward gray.

#736e74

#726e74

#726f73

#727072

#717072

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#707073 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#717173 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#737271 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #736d75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736d75]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#736d75 (#736d75) is rgb(115, 109, 117) in RGB.

No, #736d75 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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