#757179

Color #757179

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.29 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#757179

RGB

rgb(117, 113, 121)

HSL

hsl(270, 3.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 6.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(48.23, 3.17, -3.86)

LCH

lch(48.23, 4.99, 309.39)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0131, 308.18)

HWB

hwb(270, 44.3%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#757971

Analogous

#717179

#757179

#797179

Triadic

#757179

#797571

#717975

Split-complementary

#757179

#797971

#717971

Tetradic

#757179

#797175

#757971

#717975

Square

#757179

#797171

#757971

#717979

Shades

Color #757179 mixed toward black.

#625e65

#4e4b51

#3b393d

#272628

#141314

Tints

Color #757179 mixed toward white.

#8c8890

#a3a0a6

#bab8bc

#d1cfd3

#e8e7e9

Tones

Color #757179 mixed toward gray.

#757278

#757377

#757476

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737377 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#747477 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#757675 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 5.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #757179;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#757179]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#757179 (#757179) is rgb(117, 113, 121) in RGB.

No, #757179 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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