#7C6BA6 · Slate

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#7C6BA6 is a medium, muted gray color, closest to Slate and near Slate and Amethyst. In OKLCH it has 57% lightness and 0.09 chroma at hue 297°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #7C6BA6 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#7C6BA6
RGBrgb(124, 107, 166)
HSLhsl(257, 25%, 54%)
CMYK25, 36, 0, 35
CSS var--slate
Contrast4.66:1 white · 4.51:1 black

Similar named colors

Slate #708090Amethyst #9966CCSlate Gray #5D6D7ESteel Blue #4682B4Slate Blue #6A5ACD

How to use #7C6BA6

Both white and black text pass WCAG AA on it, so it is easy to use as a background.

For a calm scheme pair #7C6BA6 with its analogous neighbors #6C79A7 and #9A6CA7; for contrast use its complement #96A76C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--slate: #7C6BA6;

Shades & tints

#191521#322B42#4A4064#635685#7C6BA6#9689B8#B0A6CA#CBC4DB#E5E1ED

Color harmonies for #7C6BA6

Complementary

#7C6BA6#96A76C

Analogous

#7C6BA6#6C79A7#9A6CA7

Triadic

#7C6BA6#A77D6C#6CA77D

Split complementary

#7C6BA6#A79A6C#79A76C

Tetradic

#7C6BA6#A76C79#96A76C#6CA79A

Palettes with #7C6BA6