#6a5cb4

Color #6a5cb4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.81 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5cb4

RGB

rgb(106, 92, 180)

HSL

hsl(249.5, 37%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.5, 48.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.1%, 48.9%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(44.25, 27.46, -45.01)

LCH

lch(44.25, 52.73, 301.39)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.1342, 288.23)

HWB

hwb(249.5, 36.1%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6b45c

Analogous

#5c7ab4

#6a5cb4

#965cb4

Triadic

#6a5cb4

#b46a5c

#5cb46a

Split-complementary

#6a5cb4

#b4965c

#7ab45c

Tetradic

#6a5cb4

#b45ca6

#a6b45c

#5cb46a

Square

#6a5cb4

#b45c7a

#a6b45c

#5cb496

Shades

Color #6a5cb4 mixed toward black.

#55479b

#44397c

#332b5d

#221d3e

#110e1f

Tints

Color #6a5cb4 mixed toward white.

#8377c0

#9c92cd

#b4add9

#cdc9e6

#e6e4f2

Tones

Color #6a5cb4 mixed toward gray.

#6f63ad

#746ba5

#79729e

#7e7997

#83818f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.8:1

White text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6464a4 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#6566a0 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#699693 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5cb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5cb4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a5cb4 (#6a5cb4) is rgb(106, 92, 180) in RGB.

No, #6a5cb4 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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