#7440cd

Color #7440cd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-600 #7f22fe · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7440cd

RGB

rgb(116, 64, 205)

HSL

hsl(262.1, 58.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.1, 68.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(40.88, 52.5, -64.96)

LCH

lch(40.88, 83.52, 308.94)

OKLCH

oklch(51.3%, 0.2051, 295.07)

HWB

hwb(262.1, 25.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99cd40

Analogous

#4052cd

#7440cd

#ba40cd

Triadic

#7440cd

#cd7440

#40cd74

Split-complementary

#7440cd

#cdba40

#52cd40

Tetradic

#7440cd

#cd4099

#99cd40

#40cd74

Square

#7440cd

#cd4052

#99cd40

#40cdba

Shades

Color #7440cd mixed toward black.

#5f2eb2

#4c258e

#391c6b

#261347

#130924

Tints

Color #7440cd mixed toward white.

#8b60d5

#a280de

#b99fe6

#d1bfee

#e8dff7

Tones

Color #7440cd mixed toward gray.

#774cc1

#7a57b5

#7d63aa

#806f9e

#837b92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6261b7 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#6468b2 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#72a39f · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 29

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7440cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7440cd]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#7440cd (#7440cd) is rgb(116, 64, 205) in RGB.

No, #7440cd 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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