#744b8b

Color #744b8b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.85 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#744b8b

RGB

rgb(116, 75, 139)

HSL

hsl(278.4, 29.9%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.4, 46%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 46%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(38.91, 29.71, -28.94)

LCH

lch(38.91, 41.48, 315.75)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.1089, 312.47)

HWB

hwb(278.4, 29.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#628b4b

Analogous

#544b8b

#744b8b

#8b4b82

Triadic

#744b8b

#8b744b

#4b8b74

Split-complementary

#744b8b

#828b4b

#4b8b54

Tetradic

#744b8b

#8b4b62

#628b4b

#4b8b74

Square

#744b8b

#8b544b

#628b4b

#4b828b

Shades

Color #744b8b mixed toward black.

#613f74

#4d325d

#3a2646

#27192e

#130d17

Tints

Color #744b8b mixed toward white.

#8e5fa9

#a57fba

#bb9fcb

#d2bfdc

#e8dfee

Tones

Color #744b8b mixed toward gray.

#735086

#715680

#705b7b

#6e6076

#6d6670

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65647f · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#676a7c · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#727572 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #744b8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#744b8b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#744b8b (#744b8b) is rgb(116, 75, 139) in RGB.

No, #744b8b 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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