#795c8e

Color #795c8e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#795c8e

RGB

rgb(121, 92, 142)

HSL

hsl(274.8, 21.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.8, 35.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 35.2%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(43.76, 21.87, -23.16)

LCH

lch(43.76, 31.85, 313.36)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0835, 310.29)

HWB

hwb(274.8, 36.1%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#718e5c

Analogous

#605c8e

#795c8e

#8e5c8a

Triadic

#795c8e

#8e795c

#5c8e79

Split-complementary

#795c8e

#8a8e5c

#5c8e60

Tetradic

#795c8e

#8e5c71

#718e5c

#5c8e79

Square

#795c8e

#8e605c

#718e5c

#5c8a8e

Shades

Color #795c8e mixed toward black.

#654d76

#513d5f

#3d2e47

#281f2f

#140f18

Tints

Color #795c8e mixed toward white.

#9073a5

#a68fb7

#bcabc9

#d3c7db

#e9e3ed

Tones

Color #795c8e mixed toward gray.

#78608a

#786486

#776982

#766d7d

#767179

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.73:1

White text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6d84 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#6f7182 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#787b79 · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 20.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #795c8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#795c8e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#795c8e (#795c8e) is rgb(121, 92, 142) in RGB.

No, #795c8e 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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