#6a00b3

Color #6a00b3

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 14.74 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6a00b3

RGB

rgb(106, 0, 179)

HSL

hsl(275.5, 100%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.5, 100%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.8%, 100%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(30.2, 65.4, -67.21)

LCH

lch(30.2, 93.78, 314.22)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.2267, 301.99)

HWB

hwb(275.5, 0%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#49b300

Analogous

#1000b3

#6a00b3

#b300a3

Triadic

#6a00b3

#b36a00

#00b36a

Split-complementary

#6a00b3

#a3b300

#00b310

Tetradic

#6a00b3

#b30049

#49b300

#00b36a

Square

#6a00b3

#b31000

#49b300

#00a3b3

Shades

Color #6a00b3 mixed toward black.

#580095

#470077

#35005a

#23003c

#12001e

Tints

Color #6a00b3 mixed toward white.

#8b00ea

#a522ff

#bb5aff

#d291ff

#e8c8ff

Tones

Color #6a00b3 mixed toward gray.

#670fa4

#641e95

#622d86

#5f3c77

#5c4b68

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.26:1

White text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51509e · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#555998 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#678a86 · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a00b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a00b3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a00b3 (#6a00b3) is rgb(106, 0, 179) in RGB.

No, #6a00b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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