#756e7f

Color #756e7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#756e7f

RGB

rgb(117, 110, 127)

HSL

hsl(264.7, 7.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.7, 13.4%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(47.58, 6.23, -8.39)

LCH

lch(47.58, 10.45, 306.6)

OKLCH

oklch(55.1%, 0.0273, 304.1)

HWB

hwb(264.7, 43.1%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#787f6e

Analogous

#6e707f

#756e7f

#7e6e7f

Triadic

#756e7f

#7f756e

#6e7f75

Split-complementary

#756e7f

#7f7e6e

#707f6e

Tetradic

#756e7f

#7f6e78

#787f6e

#6e7f75

Square

#756e7f

#7f6e70

#787f6e

#6e7f7e

Shades

Color #756e7f mixed toward black.

#625c6a

#4e4955

#3b3740

#27252a

#141215

Tints

Color #756e7f mixed toward white.

#8c8595

#a39eab

#bab6c0

#d1ced5

#e8e7ea

Tones

Color #756e7f mixed toward gray.

#756f7e

#76717c

#76727b

#767479

#767578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.29:1

White text reads better on this background (4.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#72727b · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#72737a · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#757877 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 9.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #756e7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#756e7f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#756e7f (#756e7f) is rgb(117, 110, 127) in RGB.

No, #756e7f 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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