#784c8a

Color #784c8a

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.69 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#784c8a

RGB

rgb(120, 76, 138)

HSL

hsl(282.6, 29%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.6, 44.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 44.9%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(39.58, 30.15, -27.26)

LCH

lch(39.58, 40.65, 317.88)

OKLCH

oklch(49.1%, 0.1077, 315.56)

HWB

hwb(282.6, 29.8%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e8a4c

Analogous

#594c8a

#784c8a

#8a4c7d

Triadic

#784c8a

#8a784c

#4c8a78

Split-complementary

#784c8a

#7d8a4c

#4c8a59

Tetradic

#784c8a

#8a4c5e

#5e8a4c

#4c8a78

Square

#784c8a

#8a594c

#5e8a4c

#4c7d8a

Shades

Color #784c8a mixed toward black.

#643f73

#50335c

#3c2645

#28192e

#140d17

Tints

Color #784c8a mixed toward white.

#9360a7

#a880b9

#bea0ca

#d4bfdc

#e9dfed

Tones

Color #784c8a mixed toward gray.

#765185

#745680

#725c7b

#6f6175

#6d6670

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.2:1

White text reads better on this background (6.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68677e · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#6a6d7b · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#767472 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 22.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #784c8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#784c8a]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#784c8a (#784c8a) is rgb(120, 76, 138) in RGB.

No, #784c8a 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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