#7f5996

Color #7f5996

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.73 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#7f5996

RGB

rgb(127, 89, 150)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 25.5%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 40.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 40.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(44.03, 27.47, -27.48)

LCH

lch(44.03, 38.86, 314.99)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.102, 311.86)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 34.9%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#709659

Analogous

#615996

#7f5996

#96598f

Triadic

#7f5996

#967f59

#59967f

Split-complementary

#7f5996

#8f9659

#599661

Tetradic

#7f5996

#965970

#709659

#59967f

Square

#7f5996

#966159

#709659

#598f96

Shades

Color #7f5996 mixed toward black.

#6a4a7d

#553b64

#402d4b

#2a1e32

#150f19

Tints

Color #7f5996 mixed toward white.

#9571ab

#aa8ebc

#c0aacd

#d5c6dd

#eae3ee

Tones

Color #7f5996 mixed toward gray.

#7e5e91

#7d638c

#7b6887

#7a6d82

#79737d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.77:1

White text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#71708a · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#737587 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#7d807e · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7f5996;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7f5996]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#7f5996 (#7f5996) is rgb(127, 89, 150) in RGB.

No, #7f5996 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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