#68499c

Color #68499c

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.27 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#68499c

RGB

rgb(104, 73, 156)

HSL

hsl(262.4, 36.2%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.4, 53.2%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 53.2%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(38.04, 31.71, -40.71)

LCH

lch(38.04, 51.6, 307.92)

OKLCH

oklch(47.9%, 0.1308, 298.58)

HWB

hwb(262.4, 28.6%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d9c49

Analogous

#49549c

#68499c

#91499c

Triadic

#68499c

#9c6849

#499c68

Split-complementary

#68499c

#9c9149

#549c49

Tetradic

#68499c

#9c497d

#7d9c49

#499c68

Square

#68499c

#9c4954

#7d9c49

#499c91

Shades

Color #68499c mixed toward black.

#573d82

#453168

#34254e

#231834

#110c1a

Tints

Color #68499c mixed toward white.

#7f60b4

#997fc3

#b29fd2

#ccbfe1

#e5dff0

Tones

Color #68499c mixed toward gray.

#6a5095

#6b578e

#6d5e87

#6f6580

#716c79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.02:1

White text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c8d · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#5e608a · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#67807d · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68499c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68499c]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#68499c (#68499c) is rgb(104, 73, 156) in RGB.

No, #68499c 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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