#746e7a

Color #746e7a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.06 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#746e7a

RGB

rgb(116, 110, 122)

HSL

hsl(270, 5.2%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 9.8%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(47.33, 4.78, -5.8)

LCH

lch(47.33, 7.52, 309.49)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.0197, 307.98)

HWB

hwb(270, 43.1%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#747a6e

Analogous

#6e6e7a

#746e7a

#7a6e7a

Triadic

#746e7a

#7a746e

#6e7a74

Split-complementary

#746e7a

#7a7a6e

#6e7a6e

Tetradic

#746e7a

#7a6e74

#747a6e

#6e7a74

Square

#746e7a

#7a6e6e

#747a6e

#6e7a7a

Shades

Color #746e7a mixed toward black.

#615c66

#4d4951

#3a373d

#272529

#131214

Tints

Color #746e7a mixed toward white.

#8b8591

#a29ea7

#bab6bd

#d1ced3

#e8e7e9

Tones

Color #746e7a mixed toward gray.

#746f79

#747078

#747177

#747276

#747375

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.25:1

White text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717177 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#727277 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#747574 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #746e7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#746e7a]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#746e7a (#746e7a) is rgb(116, 110, 122) in RGB.

No, #746e7a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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