#7e698a

Color #7e698a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.4 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7e698a

RGB

rgb(126, 105, 138)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 13.6%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 23.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(47.46, 14.88, -15.04)

LCH

lch(47.46, 21.16, 314.69)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.0559, 313.11)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 41.2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#758a69

Analogous

#6d698a

#7e698a

#8a6985

Triadic

#7e698a

#8a7e69

#698a7e

Split-complementary

#7e698a

#858a69

#698a6d

Tetradic

#7e698a

#8a6975

#758a69

#698a7e

Square

#7e698a

#8a6d69

#758a69

#69858a

Shades

Color #7e698a mixed toward black.

#695773

#54465c

#3f3445

#2a232e

#151117

Tints

Color #7e698a mixed toward white.

#94819f

#a99ab2

#bfb3c5

#d4ccd9

#eae6ec

Tones

Color #7e698a mixed toward gray.

#7d6c87

#7c6e84

#7c7182

#7b747f

#7a777c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.27:1

White text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757583 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#777881 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#7d7d7c · ΔE 18.2

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e698a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e698a]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7e698a (#7e698a) is rgb(126, 105, 138) in RGB.

No, #7e698a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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