#6a5f75

Color #6a5f75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5f75

RGB

rgb(106, 95, 117)

HSL

hsl(270, 10.4%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 18.8%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(42.05, 9.01, -10.78)

LCH

lch(42.05, 14.05, 309.89)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.0368, 307.71)

HWB

hwb(270, 37.3%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a755f

Analogous

#5f5f75

#6a5f75

#755f75

Triadic

#6a5f75

#756a5f

#5f756a

Split-complementary

#6a5f75

#75755f

#5f755f

Tetradic

#6a5f75

#755f6a

#6a755f

#5f756a

Square

#6a5f75

#755f5f

#6a755f

#5f7575

Shades

Color #6a5f75 mixed toward black.

#584f62

#473f4e

#35303b

#232027

#121014

Tints

Color #6a5f75 mixed toward white.

#837690

#9c91a6

#b5adbc

#cdc8d3

#e6e4e9

Tones

Color #6a5f75 mixed toward gray.

#6a6173

#6a6371

#6a6570

#6a666e

#6a686c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.51:1

White text reads better on this background (5.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656570 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#66676f · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#696c6b · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5f75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5f75]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a5f75 (#6a5f75) is rgb(106, 95, 117) in RGB.

No, #6a5f75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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