#6a517a

Color #6a517a

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 25.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#6a517a

RGB

rgb(106, 81, 122)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 20.2%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 33.6%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.1%, 33.6%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(38.47, 18.79, -19.31)

LCH

lch(38.47, 26.94, 314.22)

OKLCH

oklch(47.7%, 0.0709, 311.63)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 31.8%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#617a51

Analogous

#55517a

#6a517a

#7a5175

Triadic

#6a517a

#7a6a51

#517a6a

Split-complementary

#6a517a

#757a51

#517a55

Tetradic

#6a517a

#7a5161

#617a51

#517a6a

Square

#6a517a

#7a5551

#617a51

#51757a

Shades

Color #6a517a mixed toward black.

#584366

#473651

#35283d

#231b29

#120d14

Tints

Color #6a517a mixed toward white.

#856599

#9d84ad

#b6a3c2

#cec1d6

#e7e0eb

Tones

Color #6a517a mixed toward gray.

#695477

#685873

#685b70

#675f6c

#666269

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.07:1

White text reads better on this background (6.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606072 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#626370 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#696b69 · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a517a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a517a]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a517a (#6a517a) is rgb(106, 81, 122) in RGB.

No, #6a517a 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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