#6a00a0

Color #6a00a0

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 13.73 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a00a0

RGB

rgb(106, 0, 160)

HSL

hsl(279.8, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.8, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.7%, 100%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(28.39, 61.5, -58.74)

LCH

lch(28.39, 85.04, 316.31)

OKLCH

oklch(41.2%, 0.2111, 307.47)

HWB

hwb(279.8, 0%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#36a000

Analogous

#1a00a0

#6a00a0

#a00086

Triadic

#6a00a0

#a06a00

#00a06a

Split-complementary

#6a00a0

#86a000

#00a01a

Tetradic

#6a00a0

#a00036

#36a000

#00a06a

Square

#6a00a0

#a01a00

#36a000

#0086a0

Shades

Color #6a00a0 mixed toward black.

#590085

#47006b

#350050

#230035

#12001b

Tints

Color #6a00a0 mixed toward white.

#9100da

#b016ff

#c450ff

#d88aff

#ebc5ff

Tones

Color #6a00a0 mixed toward gray.

#660d93

#621b85

#5d2878

#59356b

#54435d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.12:1

White text reads better on this background (9.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51508d · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#555988 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#677b77 · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 29.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a00a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a00a0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6a00a0 (#6a00a0) is rgb(106, 0, 160) in RGB.

No, #6a00a0 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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