#6417aa

Color #6417aa

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 14.58 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6417aa

RGB

rgb(100, 23, 170)

HSL

hsl(271.4, 76.2%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.4, 86.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.2%, 86.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(29.97, 58.24, -62.22)

LCH

lch(29.97, 85.22, 313.11)

OKLCH

oklch(42.3%, 0.2071, 300.73)

HWB

hwb(271.4, 9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5daa17

Analogous

#1a17aa

#6417aa

#aa17a6

Triadic

#6417aa

#aa6417

#17aa64

Split-complementary

#6417aa

#a6aa17

#17aa1a

Tetradic

#6417aa

#aa175d

#5daa17

#17aa64

Square

#6417aa

#aa1a17

#5daa17

#17a6aa

Shades

Color #6417aa mixed toward black.

#53138e

#430f71

#320b55

#210839

#11041c

Tints

Color #6417aa mixed toward white.

#7f1dd8

#9945e6

#b373ec

#cca2f2

#e6d0f9

Tones

Color #6417aa mixed toward gray.

#63239e

#632f91

#623c85

#624879

#61546d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.24:1

White text reads better on this background (9.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4d96 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#515591 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#628480 · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 29.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6417aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6417aa]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#6417aa (#6417aa) is rgb(100, 23, 170) in RGB.

No, #6417aa 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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