#6715ae

Color #6715ae

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6715ae

RGB

rgb(103, 21, 174)

HSL

hsl(272.2, 78.5%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.2, 87.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.8%, 87.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(30.58, 60.09, -63.61)

LCH

lch(30.58, 87.5, 313.37)

OKLCH

oklch(43%, 0.2127, 301.15)

HWB

hwb(272.2, 8.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5cae15

Analogous

#1b15ae

#6715ae

#ae15a8

Triadic

#6715ae

#ae6715

#15ae67

Split-complementary

#6715ae

#a8ae15

#15ae1b

Tetradic

#6715ae

#ae155c

#5cae15

#15ae67

Square

#6715ae

#ae1b15

#5cae15

#15a8ae

Shades

Color #6715ae mixed toward black.

#561191

#450e74

#340a57

#22073a

#11031d

Tints

Color #6715ae mixed toward white.

#831bdd

#9c43e8

#b572ee

#cda1f4

#e6d0f9

Tones

Color #6715ae mixed toward gray.

#6622a1

#652e94

#643b88

#63487b

#62556e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.3:1

White text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#504f9a · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#545895 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#658783 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6715ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6715ae]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#6715ae (#6715ae) is rgb(103, 21, 174) in RGB.

No, #6715ae 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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