#756f7e

Color #756f7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.6 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#756f7e

RGB

rgb(117, 111, 126)

HSL

hsl(264, 6.3%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 11.9%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(47.83, 5.42, -7.43)

LCH

lch(47.83, 9.2, 306.11)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.024, 303.62)

HWB

hwb(264, 43.5%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#787e6f

Analogous

#6f717e

#756f7e

#7d6f7e

Triadic

#756f7e

#7e756f

#6f7e75

Split-complementary

#756f7e

#7e7d6f

#717e6f

Tetradic

#756f7e

#7e6f78

#787e6f

#6f7e75

Square

#756f7e

#7e6f71

#787e6f

#6f7e7d

Shades

Color #756f7e mixed toward black.

#625d69

#4e4a54

#3b383f

#27252a

#141315

Tints

Color #756f7e mixed toward white.

#8c8694

#a39eaa

#bab6bf

#d1cfd4

#e8e7ea

Tones

Color #756f7e mixed toward gray.

#75707d

#76727c

#76737a

#767479

#767578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.33:1

White text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#72727b · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#73737a · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#757877 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 8.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #756f7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#756f7e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#756f7e (#756f7e) is rgb(117, 111, 126) in RGB.

No, #756f7e 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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