#746c85

Color #746c85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.16 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#746c85

RGB

rgb(116, 108, 133)

HSL

hsl(259.2, 10.4%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.2, 18.8%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(47.15, 8.41, -12.63)

LCH

lch(47.15, 15.17, 303.66)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.0395, 299.74)

HWB

hwb(259.2, 42.4%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d856c

Analogous

#6c7185

#746c85

#816c85

Triadic

#746c85

#85746c

#6c8574

Split-complementary

#746c85

#85816c

#71856c

Tetradic

#746c85

#856c7d

#7d856c

#6c8574

Square

#746c85

#856c71

#7d856c

#6c8581

Shades

Color #746c85 mixed toward black.

#615a6f

#4d4859

#3a3643

#27242c

#131216

Tints

Color #746c85 mixed toward white.

#8b839b

#a29caf

#b9b5c3

#d1ced7

#e8e6eb

Tones

Color #746c85 mixed toward gray.

#756e83

#767081

#76727f

#77747d

#78777b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717180 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#71727e · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#747b7a · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #746c85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#746c85]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Rebecca Purple #663399

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#746c85 (#746c85) is rgb(116, 108, 133) in RGB.

No, #746c85 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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