#6a5b73

Color #6a5b73

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5b73

RGB

rgb(106, 91, 115)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 11.7%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 20.9%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(40.87, 11.01, -11.34)

LCH

lch(40.87, 15.81, 314.15)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.0418, 312.67)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 35.7%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#64735b

Analogous

#5e5b73

#6a5b73

#735b70

Triadic

#6a5b73

#736a5b

#5b736a

Split-complementary

#6a5b73

#70735b

#5b735e

Tetradic

#6a5b73

#735b64

#64735b

#5b736a

Square

#6a5b73

#735e5b

#64735b

#5b7073

Shades

Color #6a5b73 mixed toward black.

#584c60

#473d4d

#352d3a

#231e26

#120f13

Tints

Color #6a5b73 mixed toward white.

#84728f

#9d8ea6

#b5aabc

#cec6d2

#e6e3e9

Tones

Color #6a5b73 mixed toward gray.

#6a5d71

#695f6f

#69616d

#68636b

#686569

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64646e · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#65666c · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#696968 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5b73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5b73]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a5b73 (#6a5b73) is rgb(106, 91, 115) in RGB.

No, #6a5b73 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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