#6a008d

Color #6a008d

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a008d

RGB

rgb(106, 0, 141)

HSL

hsl(285.1, 100%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.1, 100%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 100%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(26.7, 57.76, -49.81)

LCH

lch(26.7, 76.27, 319.23)

OKLCH

oklch(39.5%, 0.1957, 313.82)

HWB

hwb(285.1, 0%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#238d00

Analogous

#23008d

#6a008d

#8d0069

Triadic

#6a008d

#8d6a00

#008d6a

Split-complementary

#6a008d

#698d00

#008d23

Tetradic

#6a008d

#8d0023

#238d00

#008d6a

Square

#6a008d

#8d2300

#238d00

#00698d

Shades

Color #6a008d mixed toward black.

#580075

#47005e

#350046

#23002f

#120017

Tints

Color #6a008d mixed toward white.

#9800ca

#c209ff

#d146ff

#e084ff

#f0c1ff

Tones

Color #6a008d mixed toward gray.

#640c81

#5e1775

#58236a

#522f5e

#4c3b52

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

2:1

White text reads better on this background (10.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51507c · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#555978 · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#676c68 · ΔE 33.4

Achromatopsia

#3f3f3f · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a008d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a008d]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#6a008d (#6a008d) is rgb(106, 0, 141) in RGB.

No, #6a008d 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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