#6a5397

Color #6a5397

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.6 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5397

RGB

rgb(106, 83, 151)

HSL

hsl(260.3, 29.1%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.3, 45%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.8%, 45%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(40.39, 24.87, -33.96)

LCH

lch(40.39, 42.09, 306.22)

OKLCH

oklch(49.6%, 0.1078, 297.94)

HWB

hwb(260.3, 32.5%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#809753

Analogous

#535e97

#6a5397

#8c5397

Triadic

#6a5397

#976a53

#53976a

Split-complementary

#6a5397

#978c53

#5e9753

Tetradic

#6a5397

#975380

#809753

#53976a

Square

#6a5397

#97535e

#809753

#53978c

Shades

Color #6a5397 mixed toward black.

#58457e

#473765

#35294c

#231c32

#120e19

Tints

Color #6a5397 mixed toward white.

#816bad

#9a88be

#b4a6ce

#cdc4de

#e6e1ef

Tones

Color #6a5397 mixed toward gray.

#6c5991

#6e5e8c

#706486

#716a80

#736f7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.3:1

White text reads better on this background (6.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61618a · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#626487 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#697f7d · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5397;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5397]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#6a5397 (#6a5397) is rgb(106, 83, 151) in RGB.

No, #6a5397 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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