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violet · neutral

#716984

a balanced, muted violet · neutral · closest name: Dim Gray

Token name suggestion: True Amethyst

RGB
113, 105, 132
HSL
258°, 11%, 47%
CMYK
14, 21, 0, 48
Luminance
0.1528

#716984 is a balanced muted violet, 258° on the wheel and 58/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.18:1). As text it scores 5.18:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dim Gray, nearest Tailwind family is zinc.

hsl(258 11% 47%)rgb(113 105 132)Base step 600AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #716984 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#716984
Hue
258°
violet
Saturation
11%
muted
Lightness
47%
balanced
Brightness
52%
HSV value
Perceived
43%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1528
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
58/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Muted
Best ink
White
5.18:1
Closest name
Dim Gray
ΔE2000 13.5
Chroma
16.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.538
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
zinc
500 · ΔE 9
Web-safe
#666699
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue258° of 360°
Saturation11%
Lightness47%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #716984.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red23%
Green66%
Blue11%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#716984
HEX (8-digit)#716984ff
RGBrgb(113, 105, 132)
RGBArgba(113, 105, 132, 1)
HSLhsl(258, 11%, 47%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258, 20%, 52%)
HWBhwb(258 41% 48%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 21%, 0%, 48%)
LABlab(46.0 8.9 -13.8)
LCHlch(46.0 16.4 302.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.538 0.043 298.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(16.03, 15.28, 23.93)
Decimal7432580
Display P3color(display-p3 0.443 0.412 0.518)
Web-safe#666699

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #716984;
background-color: #716984;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #716984;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#716984] bg-[#716984]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #716984;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.443, green: 0.412, blue: 0.518)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.443, green: 0.412, blue: 0.518, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#716984</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF716984)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF716984)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(132, 105, 113)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(113, 105, 132)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(113, 105, 132)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 113, 105, 132)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4431f, 0.4118f, 0.5176f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{113,105,132}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #716984 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #716984 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3D3847, #DFDDE4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #716984 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F7F8;
  --brand-100: #EFEEF1;
  --brand-200: #DCDBE1;
  --brand-300: #C4C1CD;
  --brand-400: #A7A1B4;
  --brand-500: #8A829C;
  --brand-600: #716984;
  --brand-700: #615A72;
  --brand-800: #4E485B;
  --brand-900: #3B3744;
  --brand-950: #25222A;
  --brand: #716984;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F7F6F8;
  --brand-border: #D4D2DB;
  --brand-hover: #605970;
  --brand-pressed: #4F495C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1B191F;
    --brand-ink: #DFDDE4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F7F8',
        100: '#EFEEF1',
        200: '#DCDBE1',
        300: '#C4C1CD',
        400: '#A7A1B4',
        500: '#8A829C',
        600: '#716984',
        700: '#615A72',
        800: '#4E485B',
        900: '#3B3744',
        950: '#25222A',
        DEFAULT: '#716984',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F7F8,
  '100': #EFEEF1,
  '200': #DCDBE1,
  '300': #C4C1CD,
  '400': #A7A1B4,
  '500': #8A829C,
  '600': #716984,
  '700': #615A72,
  '800': #4E485B,
  '900': #3B3744,
  '950': #25222A,
);
$brand-base: #716984;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EFEEF1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DCDBE1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C4C1CD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A7A1B4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#8A829C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#716984", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#615A72", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#4E485B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3B3744", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#25222A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #716984 · 5.18:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.18:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.06:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #716984 as text scores 5.18:1 on white and 4.06:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F2F1F4 at 4.60:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#716984 · 5.18:1
AA on whitealready passes
#716984
The quick fox
#5B556B · 7.10:1
AAA on white−9% L
#5B556B
The quick fox
#78708D · 4.50:1
AA on black+3% L
#78708D
The quick fox
#9892A8 · 7.01:1
AAA on black+15% L
#9892A8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #716984 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#716984 on white: 5.18:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#716984 on black: 4.06:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #716984 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #716984.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.18:1AaAa
Slate 504.95:1AaAa
Slate 1004.73:1AaAa
Slate 2004.20:1AaAa
Slate 3003.49:1AaAa
Slate 4002.02:1AaAa
Slate 5001.09:1AaAa
Slate 6001.46:1AaAa
Slate 7002.00:1AaAa
Slate 8002.83:1AaAa
Slate 9003.45:1AaAa
Black4.06:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #646D85
deuteranopia · #656D83
tritanopia · #6E6D72

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #716984 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F7F8
#EFEEF1
#DCDBE1
#C4C1CD
#A7A1B4
#8A829C
#716984
#615A72
#4E485B
#3B3744
#25222A
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F7F7F8Darkest = 950 · #25222AText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.011 298.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.017 298.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.026 298.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.033 298.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.039 298.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.043 298.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.043 298.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.040 298.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.036 298.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.030 298.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.023 298.5);
}

Colors that work with #716984

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F7F6F8
Tinted page background
Border#D4D2DB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6D6680
Captions on the surface
Accent#878964
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3D3847
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2F1F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1B191F
Dark-mode background
Hover#605970
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4F495C
Two steps down
Disabled#ABA6B8
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#76669C
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #716984

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Borders, dividers and quiet backgrounds
  • Long-form reading surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

With almost no chroma left, the family association is barely present; treat it as a neutral that happens to lean this way. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyLow
  • Weight54/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#7C8469
Analogous left#696F84
Analogous right#7F6984
Split-complement 1#847F69
Split-complement 2#6F8469
Triadic 1#847169
Triadic 2#698471
Tetradic#84696F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°258°

#716984 sits at 258°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red44.3%
Green41.2%
Blue51.8%
R · 0–255
113
0x71
G · 0–255
105
0x69
B · 0–255
132
0x84

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.4%
Magenta20.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)48.2%

Total ink coverage is 83%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#716984 text on a black background

contrast 4.06:1

Card sample

#716984 text on a white background

contrast 5.18:1

Card sample

#716984 on grey

4.73:1

#716984 on its own surface

4.81:1

#716984 on its dark surface

3.36:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #716984;
Background color
Panel with #716984 background
background-color: #716984;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #716984;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(113, 105, 132, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(113, 105, 132, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #716984;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #716984, #836984);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #716984, #84697E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #716984;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #716984;
caret-color: #716984;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #716984;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2F1F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #716984;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#716984 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #716984 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(113, 105, 132, 0.5)
rgb(113 105 132 / 50%)
#71698480
hsl(258 11% 47% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #716984 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7169841a#F1F0F3
20%#71698433#E3E1E6
40%#71698466#C6C3CE
60%#71698499#AAA5B5
80%#716984cc#8D879D

Gradients from #716984

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9089A1, #716984 45%, #3D3847);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #716984, #735C72);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #716984, #7C8469);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A09AAF 0%, #716984 45%, #3D3847 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F6F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #838B9D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #907894 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3D3847 0%, transparent 65%), #716984;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #716984

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#716984 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
BackgroundsBordersBody textDividers
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.06:1 — lift it to #78708D for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#716984, answered

What color is #716984?

#716984 is a balanced muted violet, closest to Dim Gray (ΔE2000 13.5). It sits at 258° on the hue wheel with 11% saturation and 47% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #716984?

rgb(113, 105, 132) — 113 red, 105 green and 132 blue out of 255, or 44.3% / 41.2% / 51.8% by channel.

What is #716984 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(258, 11%, 47%) and hsv(258, 20%, 52%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #716984 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1528 and perceived brightness is 43%, so white text on it reaches 5.18:1.

Should I use black or white text on #716984?

White. It scores 5.18:1 against #716984, versus 4.06:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #716984 accessible on a white background?

#716984 on white scores 5.18:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #716984?

#7C8469 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #847F69 and #6F8469, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #716984?

For interface work: #F7F6F8 as the surface, #D4D2DB for borders, #6D6680 for secondary text, #878964 as an accent and #3D3847 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #696F84 and #7F6984 stays calm, while #7C8469 is the loudest partner.

What is #716984 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 21%, 0%, 48%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #716984 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #7B6984; nudged cooler, #676986.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #716984?

The zinc family — its 500 step is #71717a, ΔE2000 9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #716984 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #716984 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#716984] or text-[#716984], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #716984 with 50% opacity?

rgba(113, 105, 132, 0.5), or #71698480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B8B4C2; over black, #393542.

Is #716984 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666699, ΔE2000 8.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #716984 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this low chroma the association is faint; it behaves more like a neutral.

What gradient works with #716984?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9089A1, #716984 45%, #3D3847). For more colour, a short hue run to #735C72 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #716984 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #716984 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.