#6a008e

Color #6a008e

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 9.39 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a008e

RGB

rgb(106, 0, 142)

HSL

hsl(284.8, 100%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.8, 100%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 100%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(26.78, 57.95, -50.29)

LCH

lch(26.78, 76.73, 319.05)

OKLCH

oklch(39.6%, 0.1965, 313.47)

HWB

hwb(284.8, 0%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#248e00

Analogous

#23008e

#6a008e

#8e006b

Triadic

#6a008e

#8e6a00

#008e6a

Split-complementary

#6a008e

#6b8e00

#008e23

Tetradic

#6a008e

#8e0024

#248e00

#008e6a

Square

#6a008e

#8e2300

#248e00

#006b8e

Shades

Color #6a008e mixed toward black.

#580076

#47005f

#350047

#23002f

#120018

Tints

Color #6a008e mixed toward white.

#9800cb

#c10aff

#d047ff

#e084ff

#efc2ff

Tones

Color #6a008e mixed toward gray.

#640c82

#5e1876

#58236a

#532f5f

#4d3b53

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

2:1

White text reads better on this background (10.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51507d · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#555978 · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#676d69 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#3f3f3f · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a008e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a008e]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6a008e (#6a008e) is rgb(106, 0, 142) in RGB.

No, #6a008e 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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