#78728d

Color #78728d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.27 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#78728d

RGB

rgb(120, 114, 141)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 10.6%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 19.1%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(49.44, 8.08, -13.88)

LCH

lch(49.44, 16.06, 300.21)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.0417, 295.27)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 44.7%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#878d72

Analogous

#727a8d

#78728d

#85728d

Triadic

#78728d

#8d7872

#728d78

Split-complementary

#78728d

#8d8572

#7a8d72

Tetradic

#78728d

#8d7287

#878d72

#728d78

Square

#78728d

#8d727a

#878d72

#728d85

Shades

Color #78728d mixed toward black.

#645f76

#504c5e

#3c3947

#28262f

#141318

Tints

Color #78728d mixed toward white.

#8e89a0

#a5a1b3

#bbb8c6

#d2d0d9

#e8e7ec

Tones

Color #78728d mixed toward gray.

#79748b

#7a7689

#7c7986

#7d7b84

#7e7d82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757587 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#767686 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#788281 · ΔE 16.9

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78728d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78728d]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#78728d (#78728d) is rgb(120, 114, 141) in RGB.

No, #78728d 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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