#785a8a

Color #785a8a

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.86 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#785a8a

RGB

rgb(120, 90, 138)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 21.1%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 34.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 34.8%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(42.97, 21.81, -21.98)

LCH

lch(42.97, 30.96, 314.78)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.0816, 312.22)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 35.3%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c8a5a

Analogous

#605a8a

#785a8a

#8a5a84

Triadic

#785a8a

#8a785a

#5a8a78

Split-complementary

#785a8a

#848a5a

#5a8a60

Tetradic

#785a8a

#8a5a6c

#6c8a5a

#5a8a78

Square

#785a8a

#8a605a

#6c8a5a

#5a848a

Shades

Color #785a8a mixed toward black.

#644b73

#503c5c

#3c2d45

#281e2e

#140f17

Tints

Color #785a8a mixed toward white.

#9071a2

#a68db5

#bcaac7

#d2c6da

#e9e3ec

Tones

Color #785a8a mixed toward gray.

#775e86

#766282

#75667e

#746a7a

#736e76

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c80 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#6e707e · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#777876 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #785a8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#785a8a]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#785a8a (#785a8a) is rgb(120, 90, 138) in RGB.

No, #785a8a 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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