#736f7b

Color #736f7b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.93 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#736f7b

RGB

rgb(115, 111, 123)

HSL

hsl(260, 5.1%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 9.8%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(47.55, 4.03, -6.07)

LCH

lch(47.55, 7.29, 303.58)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.019, 300.76)

HWB

hwb(260, 43.5%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#777b6f

Analogous

#6f717b

#736f7b

#796f7b

Triadic

#736f7b

#7b736f

#6f7b73

Split-complementary

#736f7b

#7b796f

#717b6f

Tetradic

#736f7b

#7b6f77

#777b6f

#6f7b73

Square

#736f7b

#7b6f71

#777b6f

#6f7b79

Shades

Color #736f7b mixed toward black.

#605d67

#4d4a52

#3a383e

#262529

#131315

Tints

Color #736f7b mixed toward white.

#8a8692

#a19ea8

#b9b7be

#d0cfd3

#e8e7e9

Tones

Color #736f7b mixed toward gray.

#73707a

#747179

#747278

#747377

#757476

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.29:1

White text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717178 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#727278 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#737675 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #736f7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#736f7b]

Related colors

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

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Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#736f7b (#736f7b) is rgb(115, 111, 123) in RGB.

No, #736f7b 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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