#7f498b

Color #7f498b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.06 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#7f498b

RGB

rgb(127, 73, 139)

HSL

hsl(289.1, 31.1%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.1, 47.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 47.5%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(39.82, 34.29, -27.43)

LCH

lch(39.82, 43.91, 321.34)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.1181, 320.15)

HWB

hwb(289.1, 28.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#558b49

Analogous

#5e498b

#7f498b

#8b4976

Triadic

#7f498b

#8b7f49

#498b7f

Split-complementary

#7f498b

#768b49

#498b5e

Tetradic

#7f498b

#8b4955

#558b49

#498b7f

Square

#7f498b

#8b5e49

#558b49

#49768b

Shades

Color #7f498b mixed toward black.

#6a3d74

#55315d

#402546

#2a182e

#150c17

Tints

Color #7f498b mixed toward white.

#9b5ca9

#af7dbb

#c39dcc

#d7bedd

#ebdeee

Tones

Color #7f498b mixed toward gray.

#7c4f86

#785480

#755a7b

#715f75

#6e6570

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.23:1

White text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6b7f · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#6f727c · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#7d7472 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f498b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f498b]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#7f498b (#7f498b) is rgb(127, 73, 139) in RGB.

No, #7f498b 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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