#756b7a

Color #756b7a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.02 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#756b7a

RGB

rgb(117, 107, 122)

HSL

hsl(280, 6.6%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 12.3%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(46.58, 6.94, -6.9)

LCH

lch(46.58, 9.79, 315.17)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.026, 314.53)

HWB

hwb(280, 42%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#707a6b

Analogous

#6d6b7a

#756b7a

#7a6b78

Triadic

#756b7a

#7a756b

#6b7a75

Split-complementary

#756b7a

#787a6b

#6b7a6d

Tetradic

#756b7a

#7a6b70

#707a6b

#6b7a75

Square

#756b7a

#7a6d6b

#707a6b

#6b787a

Shades

Color #756b7a mixed toward black.

#625966

#4e4751

#3b353d

#272429

#141214

Tints

Color #756b7a mixed toward white.

#8c8292

#a39ba8

#bab4bd

#d1cdd3

#e8e6e9

Tones

Color #756b7a mixed toward gray.

#756c79

#746d78

#746f76

#737075

#737174

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.14:1

White text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717177 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#717276 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#757473 · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #756b7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#756b7a]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#756b7a (#756b7a) is rgb(117, 107, 122) in RGB.

No, #756b7a 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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