#6a5166

Color #6a5166

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 17.82 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5166

RGB

rgb(106, 81, 102)

HSL

hsl(309.6, 13.4%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(309.6, 23.6%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 3.8%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(37.68, 14.37, -8.12)

LCH

lch(37.68, 16.51, 330.53)

OKLCH

oklch(46.8%, 0.0459, 331.82)

HWB

hwb(309.6, 31.8%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#516a55

Analogous

#62516a

#6a5166

#6a515a

Triadic

#6a5166

#666a51

#51666a

Split-complementary

#6a5166

#5a6a51

#516a62

Tetradic

#6a5166

#6a5551

#516a55

#51666a

Square

#6a5166

#6a6251

#516a55

#515a6a

Shades

Color #6a5166 mixed toward black.

#584455

#473644

#352933

#231b22

#120e11

Tints

Color #6a5166 mixed toward white.

#896883

#a2859d

#b9a3b6

#d0c2ce

#e8e0e7

Tones

Color #6a5166 mixed toward gray.

#685365

#665563

#645762

#625960

#605b5f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.98:1

White text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606061 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#626360 · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#695e5d · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5166;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5166]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#6a5166 (#6a5166) is rgb(106, 81, 102) in RGB.

No, #6a5166 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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