#756b7f

Color #756b7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#756b7f

RGB

rgb(117, 107, 127)

HSL

hsl(270, 8.5%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 15.7%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(46.75, 8.02, -9.64)

LCH

lch(46.75, 12.54, 309.76)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.0329, 307.71)

HWB

hwb(270, 42%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#757f6b

Analogous

#6b6b7f

#756b7f

#7f6b7f

Triadic

#756b7f

#7f756b

#6b7f75

Split-complementary

#756b7f

#7f7f6b

#6b7f6b

Tetradic

#756b7f

#7f6b75

#757f6b

#6b7f75

Square

#756b7f

#7f6b6b

#757f6b

#6b7f7f

Shades

Color #756b7f mixed toward black.

#62596a

#4e4755

#3b363f

#27242a

#141215

Tints

Color #756b7f mixed toward white.

#8c8296

#a39bab

#bab4c0

#d1cdd5

#e8e6ea

Tones

Color #756b7f mixed toward gray.

#756d7d

#756e7c

#75707a

#757278

#757377

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#71717b · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#717279 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#757776 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #756b7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#756b7f]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#756b7f (#756b7f) is rgb(117, 107, 127) in RGB.

No, #756b7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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