#6a00a5

Color #6a00a5

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.8 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6a00a5

RGB

rgb(106, 0, 165)

HSL

hsl(278.5, 100%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.5, 100%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.8%, 100%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(28.85, 62.51, -61.01)

LCH

lch(28.85, 87.35, 315.7)

OKLCH

oklch(41.6%, 0.2151, 305.96)

HWB

hwb(278.5, 0%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3ba500

Analogous

#1700a5

#6a00a5

#a5008e

Triadic

#6a00a5

#a56a00

#00a56a

Split-complementary

#6a00a5

#8ea500

#00a517

Tetradic

#6a00a5

#a5003b

#3ba500

#00a56a

Square

#6a00a5

#a51700

#3ba500

#008ea5

Shades

Color #6a00a5 mixed toward black.

#58008a

#47006e

#350053

#230037

#12001c

Tints

Color #6a00a5 mixed toward white.

#8f00df

#ad19ff

#c153ff

#d68cff

#eac6ff

Tones

Color #6a00a5 mixed toward gray.

#660e97

#621c8a

#5e297c

#5a376e

#574560

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.16:1

White text reads better on this background (9.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515091 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#55598c · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#677f7b · ΔE 34.7

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a00a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a00a5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a00a5 (#6a00a5) is rgb(106, 0, 165) in RGB.

No, #6a00a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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