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#745E73

#745e73 ≈ Old Lavender

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#745e73 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 36.86% green and 45.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0.86% yellow and 54.51% black. Its hue angle is 302.73°, with 10.48% saturation and 41.18% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Lavender (#796878), ΔE 4.18.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.1296

Complementary

  1. #745e73
  2. #5e745f

Split complementary

  1. #745e73
  2. #68745e
  3. #5e746a

Analogous

  1. #6a5e74
  2. #745e73
  3. #745e68

Triadic

  1. #745e73
  2. #73745e
  3. #5e7374

Tetradic

  1. #745e73
  2. #745f5e
  3. #5e745f
  4. #5e7374

Square

  1. #745e73
  2. #746a5e
  3. #5e745f
  4. #5e6874

Monochromatic

  1. #1f1a1f
  2. #4a3c49
  3. #745e73
  4. #9b849a
  5. #bdaebd

Shades

#745e73 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #745e73
  2. #685568
  3. #5d4b5c
  4. #514251
  5. #463845
  6. #3a2f3a
  7. #2e262e
  8. #231c23
  9. #171317
  10. #0c090c
  11. #000000

Tints

#745e73 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #745e73
  2. #826e81
  3. #907e8f
  4. #9e8e9d
  5. #ac9eab
  6. #baafb9
  7. #c7bfc7
  8. #d5cfd5
  9. #e3dfe3
  10. #f1eff1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#745e73 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #745e73
  2. #756174
  3. #766576
  4. #786877
  5. #796c78
  6. #7a6f7a
  7. #7b727b
  8. #7c767c
  9. #7e797d
  10. #7f7d7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #656565 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b626b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d6374 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #626672 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #766065 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #676174 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a6373 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #755f6b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-745e73 {
  color: #745e73;
}
Background
.bg-745e73 {
  background-color: #745e73;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-745e73 {
  border: 2px solid #745e73;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #745e73;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 94 115;
  --color-primary-hsl: 303 10% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-745e73 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #745e73, #745e68);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-745e73 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 94 115 / 0.35);
}

#796878 Old Lavender ΔE 4.18 #915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 9.47 #614051 Eggplant ΔE 10.58 #8a496b Twilight Lavender ΔE 10.86 #645452 Wenge ΔE 11.72 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 12.24 #8e4585 Deep Plum ΔE 13.14 #8ba18c Inverted #656565 Grayscale 

Old Lavender
#745e73  rgb(116, 94, 115)  hsl(303, 10%, 41%)  Old Lavender
#5e745f  rgb(94, 116, 95)  hsl(123, 10%, 41%)  Xanadu
#73745e  rgb(115, 116, 94)  hsl(63, 10%, 41%)  Xanadu
#5e7374  rgb(94, 115, 116)  hsl(183, 10%, 41%)  Dim Gray