#6a6176

Color #6a6176

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 13.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6176

RGB

rgb(106, 97, 118)

HSL

hsl(265.7, 9.8%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.7, 17.8%, 46.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 53.7%)

LAB

lab(42.64, 8.02, -10.49)

LCH

lch(42.64, 13.2, 307.4)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0345, 304.61)

HWB

hwb(265.7, 38%, 53.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d7661

Analogous

#616376

#6a6176

#756176

Triadic

#6a6176

#766a61

#61766a

Split-complementary

#6a6176

#767561

#637661

Tetradic

#6a6176

#76616d

#6d7661

#61766a

Square

#6a6176

#766163

#6d7661

#617675

Shades

Color #6a6176 mixed toward black.

#585162

#47414f

#35313b

#232027

#121014

Tints

Color #6a6176 mixed toward white.

#827890

#9b93a6

#b4aebd

#cdc9d3

#e6e4e9

Tones

Color #6a6176 mixed toward gray.

#6a6374

#6b6573

#6b6671

#6b686f

#6b6a6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.58:1

White text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666671 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#676770 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#6a6e6d · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6176;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6176]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a6176 (#6a6176) is rgb(106, 97, 118) in RGB.

No, #6a6176 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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