#6a666f

Color #6a666f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.69 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6a666f

RGB

rgb(106, 102, 111)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 4.2%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 8.1%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(43.82, 3.44, -4.49)

LCH

lch(43.82, 5.66, 307.46)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.0148, 305.94)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 40%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b6f66

Analogous

#66676f

#6a666f

#6f666f

Triadic

#6a666f

#6f6a66

#666f6a

Split-complementary

#6a666f

#6f6f66

#676f66

Tetradic

#6a666f

#6f666b

#6b6f66

#666f6a

Square

#6a666f

#6f6667

#6b6f66

#666f6f

Shades

Color #6a666f mixed toward black.

#58555d

#47444a

#353338

#232225

#121113

Tints

Color #6a666f mixed toward white.

#837e89

#9c98a0

#b4b2b8

#cdcbd0

#e6e5e7

Tones

Color #6a666f mixed toward gray.

#6a676e

#6a686e

#6a686d

#6a696c

#6b6a6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.74:1

White text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68686d · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#69696c · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#6a6b6b · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a666f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a666f]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a666f (#6a666f) is rgb(106, 102, 111) in RGB.

No, #6a666f 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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