#6a4f79

Color #6a4f79

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6a4f79

RGB

rgb(106, 79, 121)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 21%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 34.7%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 34.7%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(37.91, 19.79, -19.56)

LCH

lch(37.91, 27.83, 315.33)

OKLCH

oklch(47.3%, 0.0734, 313.01)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 31%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e794f

Analogous

#554f79

#6a4f79

#794f73

Triadic

#6a4f79

#796a4f

#4f796a

Split-complementary

#6a4f79

#73794f

#4f7955

Tetradic

#6a4f79

#794f5e

#5e794f

#4f796a

Square

#6a4f79

#79554f

#5e794f

#4f7379

Shades

Color #6a4f79 mixed toward black.

#584265

#473551

#35273c

#231a28

#120d14

Tints

Color #6a4f79 mixed toward white.

#856398

#9e82ad

#b6a1c2

#cec0d6

#e7e0eb

Tones

Color #6a4f79 mixed toward gray.

#695275

#685672

#67596e

#665d6b

#656067

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f71 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#61636e · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#696968 · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a4f79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a4f79]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a4f79 (#6a4f79) is rgb(106, 79, 121) in RGB.

No, #6a4f79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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