#6a488c

Color #6a488c

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a488c

RGB

rgb(106, 72, 140)

HSL

hsl(270, 32.1%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 48.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 48.6%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(37.1, 28.69, -32.48)

LCH

lch(37.1, 43.34, 311.45)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.1118, 305.61)

HWB

hwb(270, 28.2%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a8c48

Analogous

#48488c

#6a488c

#8c488c

Triadic

#6a488c

#8c6a48

#488c6a

Split-complementary

#6a488c

#8c8c48

#488c48

Tetradic

#6a488c

#8c486a

#6a8c48

#488c6a

Square

#6a488c

#8c4848

#6a8c48

#488c8c

Shades

Color #6a488c mixed toward black.

#583c75

#47305d

#352446

#23182f

#120c17

Tints

Color #6a488c mixed toward white.

#835bab

#9c7cbc

#b59dcc

#cdbddd

#e6deee

Tones

Color #6a488c mixed toward gray.

#6a4e86

#6a5381

#6a597b

#6a5f75

#6a6470

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.92:1

White text reads better on this background (7.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d80 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#5f617c · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#697572 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a488c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a488c]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a488c (#6a488c) is rgb(106, 72, 140) in RGB.

No, #6a488c 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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