#6a09a7

Color #6a09a7

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.37 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6a09a7

RGB

rgb(106, 9, 167)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 89.8%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 94.6%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.5%, 94.6%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(29.54, 61.43, -61.09)

LCH

lch(29.54, 86.64, 315.16)

OKLCH

oklch(42.1%, 0.213, 305.04)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 3.5%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#46a709

Analogous

#1b09a7

#6a09a7

#a70995

Triadic

#6a09a7

#a76a09

#09a76a

Split-complementary

#6a09a7

#95a709

#09a71b

Tetradic

#6a09a7

#a70946

#46a709

#09a76a

Square

#6a09a7

#a71b09

#46a709

#0995a7

Shades

Color #6a09a7 mixed toward black.

#58078b

#47066f

#350453

#230338

#12011c

Tints

Color #6a09a7 mixed toward white.

#8b0cdc

#a62cf4

#bc60f6

#d395f9

#e9cafc

Tones

Color #6a09a7 mixed toward gray.

#67169a

#64238d

#61307f

#5e3e72

#5b4b65

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.21:1

White text reads better on this background (9.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515193 · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#555a8e · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#68817d · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 29.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a09a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a09a7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a09a7 (#6a09a7) is rgb(106, 9, 167) in RGB.

No, #6a09a7 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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