#84728c

Color #84728c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.47 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#84728c

RGB

rgb(132, 114, 140)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 10.2%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 18.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(50.49, 12.1, -11.59)

LCH

lch(50.49, 16.76, 316.23)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0445, 315.46)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 44.7%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a8c72

Analogous

#77728c

#84728c

#8c7287

Triadic

#84728c

#8c8472

#728c84

Split-complementary

#84728c

#878c72

#728c77

Tetradic

#84728c

#8c727a

#7a8c72

#728c84

Square

#84728c

#8c7772

#7a8c72

#72878c

Shades

Color #84728c mixed toward black.

#6e5f75

#584c5d

#423946

#2c262f

#161317

Tints

Color #84728c mixed toward white.

#98899f

#ada1b2

#c1b8c6

#d6d0d9

#eae7ec

Tones

Color #84728c mixed toward gray.

#83748a

#827688

#817985

#817b83

#807d81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7c86 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#7e7f85 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#838280 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 14.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #84728c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#84728c]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#84728c (#84728c) is rgb(132, 114, 140) in RGB.

No, #84728c 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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