#6a57ac

Color #6a57ac

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.96 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6a57ac

RGB

rgb(106, 87, 172)

HSL

hsl(253.4, 33.9%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.4, 49.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.4%, 49.4%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(42.55, 28.22, -43.03)

LCH

lch(42.55, 51.46, 303.26)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.1307, 291.4)

HWB

hwb(253.4, 34.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99ac57

Analogous

#576fac

#6a57ac

#9557ac

Triadic

#6a57ac

#ac6a57

#57ac6a

Split-complementary

#6a57ac

#ac9557

#6fac57

Tetradic

#6a57ac

#ac5799

#99ac57

#57ac6a

Square

#6a57ac

#ac576f

#99ac57

#57ac95

Shades

Color #6a57ac mixed toward black.

#584791

#463974

#352b57

#231d3a

#120e1d

Tints

Color #6a57ac mixed toward white.

#8373ba

#9c8fc8

#b5abd6

#cdc7e3

#e6e3f1

Tones

Color #6a57ac mixed toward gray.

#6e5ea5

#72659e

#766c97

#7a7390

#7e7a89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62629d · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#636599 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#698f8c · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a57ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a57ac]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6a57ac (#6a57ac) is rgb(106, 87, 172) in RGB.

No, #6a57ac 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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