#7a7280

Color #7a7280

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7a7280

RGB

rgb(122, 114, 128)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 5.8%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 10.9%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(49.17, 5.91, -6.57)

LCH

lch(49.17, 8.84, 311.97)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.0233, 310.82)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 44.7%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#788072

Analogous

#737280

#7a7280

#80727f

Triadic

#7a7280

#807a72

#72807a

Split-complementary

#7a7280

#7f8072

#728073

Tetradic

#7a7280

#807278

#788072

#72807a

Square

#7a7280

#807372

#788072

#727f80

Shades

Color #7a7280 mixed toward black.

#665f6b

#514c55

#3d3940

#29262b

#141315

Tints

Color #7a7280 mixed toward white.

#908996

#a6a1ab

#bdb8c0

#d3d0d5

#e9e7ea

Tones

Color #7a7280 mixed toward gray.

#7a737f

#7a747e

#7a767d

#79777b

#79787a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.55:1

White text reads better on this background (4.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#77777d · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#77787c · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 8.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #7a7280;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7a7280]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7a7280 (#7a7280) is rgb(122, 114, 128) in RGB.

No, #7a7280 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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