#736e75

Color #736e75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.34 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#736e75

RGB

rgb(115, 110, 117)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 3.1%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 6%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 6%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(47.08, 3.35, -3.19)

LCH

lch(47.08, 4.63, 316.4)

OKLCH

oklch(54.5%, 0.0123, 316.32)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 43.1%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#70756e

Analogous

#6f6e75

#736e75

#756e73

Triadic

#736e75

#75736e

#6e7573

Split-complementary

#736e75

#73756e

#6e756f

Tetradic

#736e75

#756e70

#70756e

#6e7573

Square

#736e75

#756f6e

#70756e

#6e7375

Shades

Color #736e75 mixed toward black.

#605c61

#4d494e

#39373a

#262527

#131213

Tints

Color #736e75 mixed toward white.

#8b858d

#a29ea4

#b9b6ba

#d0ced1

#e8e7e8

Tones

Color #736e75 mixed toward gray.

#736f74

#726f74

#727073

#727172

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.22:1

White text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717173 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#717273 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#737272 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 5.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #736e75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736e75]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#736e75 (#736e75) is rgb(115, 110, 117) in RGB.

No, #736e75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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