#752F76 colour

#752F76 is a dark muted purple close to CSS purple. RGB 117, 47, 118, HSL 299, 43%, 32%. White text passes AAA (8.66:1), black fails (2.42:1).

#752F76

Nearest CSS name: purple #800080 (not an exact match)
Described as: a dark muted purple
Red, green, blue: 117, 47, 118
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.0712 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#752f76`
RGB	`rgb(117, 47, 118)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(45.9% 18.4% 46.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(299.2, 43%, 32.4%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(299.2, 60.2%, 46.3%)`
HWB	`hwb(299.2 18.4% 53.7%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(1%, 60%, 0%, 54%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(32.02% 38.73 -26.49)`
OKLCH	`oklch(43.18% 0.1352 327.05)`
Decimal	`7679862`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 8.66:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 2.42:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	8.66:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
Black	2.42:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail

White text is the better choice on #752F76 (8.66:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#824282 18%#8e558f 27%#9b689b 36%#a77ba8 45%#b48eb4 55%#c0a0c1 64%#cdb3cd 73%#d9c6da 82%#e6d9e6 91%#f2ecf3

9%#6a2b6b 18%#602661 27%#552256 36%#4a1e4b 45%#401a40 55%#351536 64%#2b112b 73%#200d20 82%#150915 91%#0b040b

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#752f76 #30762f

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#522f76 #752f76 #762f54

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#752f76 #76752f #2f7675

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#752f76 #54762f #2f7652

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#752f76 #76522f #30762f #2f5476

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#752f76 Protanopia#274678 Deuteranopia#3e4f74 Tritanopia#78384e Achromatopsia#4b4b4b

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #752f76;`
Background	`background-color: #752f76;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #752f76;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(117 47 118 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #752f76;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #752f76, #461c47);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #ac82ad, #752f76);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #752f76; color: #fff;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #752F76 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.