#6242b5

Color #6242b5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 9.55 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6242b5

RGB

rgb(98, 66, 181)

HSL

hsl(256.7, 46.6%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.7, 63.5%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 63.5%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(37.53, 41.38, -56.45)

LCH

lch(37.53, 69.99, 306.24)

OKLCH

oklch(47.9%, 0.1732, 291.26)

HWB

hwb(256.7, 25.9%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95b542

Analogous

#425bb5

#6242b5

#9b42b5

Triadic

#6242b5

#b56242

#42b562

Split-complementary

#6242b5

#b59b42

#5bb542

Tetradic

#6242b5

#b54295

#95b542

#42b562

Square

#6242b5

#b5425b

#95b542

#42b59b

Shades

Color #6242b5 mixed toward black.

#523797

#412c79

#31215a

#21163c

#100b1e

Tints

Color #6242b5 mixed toward white.

#7b5ec4

#957ed0

#b09fdc

#cabfe8

#e5dff3

Tones

Color #6242b5 mixed toward gray.

#664bab

#6a55a2

#6f5f98

#73688f

#777285

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.97:1

White text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5656a2 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#585a9e · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#61928e · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6242b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6242b5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#6242b5 (#6242b5) is rgb(98, 66, 181) in RGB.

No, #6242b5 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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