#7e6d87

Color #7e6d87

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7e6d87

RGB

rgb(126, 109, 135)

HSL

hsl(279.2, 10.7%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.2, 19.3%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(48.41, 11.83, -11.82)

LCH

lch(48.41, 16.72, 315.02)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.0443, 313.9)

HWB

hwb(279.2, 42.7%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76876d

Analogous

#716d87

#7e6d87

#876d83

Triadic

#7e6d87

#877e6d

#6d877e

Split-complementary

#7e6d87

#83876d

#6d8771

Tetradic

#7e6d87

#876d76

#76876d

#6d877e

Square

#7e6d87

#87716d

#76876d

#6d8387

Shades

Color #7e6d87 mixed toward black.

#695b70

#54495a

#3f3643

#2a242d

#151216

Tints

Color #7e6d87 mixed toward white.

#94849c

#a99db0

#bfb5c4

#d4ced7

#eae6eb

Tones

Color #7e6d87 mixed toward gray.

#7d6f85

#7d7183

#7c7380

#7b767e

#7b787c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.42:1

White text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777781 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#787980 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#7d7d7c · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e6d87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e6d87]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

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Frequently asked questions

#7e6d87 (#7e6d87) is rgb(126, 109, 135) in RGB.

No, #7e6d87 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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