#756b7d

Color #756b7d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#756b7d

RGB

rgb(117, 107, 125)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 7.8%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 14.4%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(46.68, 7.58, -8.54)

LCH

lch(46.68, 11.42, 311.59)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0301, 310.15)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 42%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#737d6b

Analogous

#6c6b7d

#756b7d

#7d6b7c

Triadic

#756b7d

#7d756b

#6b7d75

Split-complementary

#756b7d

#7c7d6b

#6b7d6c

Tetradic

#756b7d

#7d6b73

#737d6b

#6b7d75

Square

#756b7d

#7d6c6b

#737d6b

#6b7c7d

Shades

Color #756b7d mixed toward black.

#625968

#4e4753

#3b353f

#27242a

#141215

Tints

Color #756b7d mixed toward white.

#8c8294

#a39baa

#bab4bf

#d1cdd4

#e8e6ea

Tones

Color #756b7d mixed toward gray.

#756c7c

#756e7a

#757079

#747177

#747376

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.16:1

White text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717179 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#717278 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#757675 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #756b7d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#756b7d]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#756b7d (#756b7d) is rgb(117, 107, 125) in RGB.

No, #756b7d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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