#746b8a

Color #746b8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#746b8a

RGB

rgb(116, 107, 138)

HSL

hsl(257.4, 12.7%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.4, 22.5%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(47.06, 10.17, -15.74)

LCH

lch(47.06, 18.74, 302.87)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.0486, 298.09)

HWB

hwb(257.4, 42%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#818a6b

Analogous

#6b718a

#746b8a

#836b8a

Triadic

#746b8a

#8a746b

#6b8a74

Split-complementary

#746b8a

#8a836b

#718a6b

Tetradic

#746b8a

#8a6b81

#818a6b

#6b8a74

Square

#746b8a

#8a6b71

#818a6b

#6b8a83

Shades

Color #746b8a mixed toward black.

#615973

#4d475c

#3a3545

#27242e

#131217

Tints

Color #746b8a mixed toward white.

#8b829f

#a29bb2

#b9b4c5

#d0cdd8

#e8e6ec

Tones

Color #746b8a mixed toward gray.

#756d87

#767085

#777382

#787580

#79787d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.21:1

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

#707083 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#717182 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#747e7c · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #746b8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#746b8a]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#746b8a (#746b8a) is rgb(116, 107, 138) in RGB.

No, #746b8a 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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