#6955c6

Color #6955c6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 2.24 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6955c6

RGB

rgb(105, 85, 198)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 49.8%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 57.1%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(47%, 57.1%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(43.62, 36.72, -56.51)

LCH

lch(43.62, 67.39, 303.02)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.1689, 287.29)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 33.3%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2c655

Analogous

#557ac6

#6955c6

#a155c6

Triadic

#6955c6

#c66955

#55c669

Split-complementary

#6955c6

#c6a155

#7ac655

Tetradic

#6955c6

#c655b2

#b2c655

#55c669

Square

#6955c6

#c6557a

#b2c655

#55c6a1

Shades

Color #6955c6 mixed toward black.

#503bb1

#402f8d

#30246a

#201847

#100c23

Tints

Color #6955c6 mixed toward white.

#8271d0

#9b8ed9

#b4aae3

#cdc6ec

#e6e3f6

Tones

Color #6955c6 mixed toward gray.

#6f5ebd

#7568b3

#7b71aa

#817ba0

#878497

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.72:1

White text reads better on this background (5.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6161b3 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#6264ae · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#68a29e · ΔE 36

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 26.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6955c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6955c6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6955c6 (#6955c6) is rgb(105, 85, 198) in RGB.

No, #6955c6 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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