#6a686d

Color #6a686d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.1 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a686d

RGB

rgb(106, 104, 109)

HSL

hsl(264, 2.3%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 4.6%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(44.33, 1.81, -2.52)

LCH

lch(44.33, 3.1, 305.69)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.0081, 303.89)

HWB

hwb(264, 40.8%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b6d68

Analogous

#68696d

#6a686d

#6d686d

Triadic

#6a686d

#6d6a68

#686d6a

Split-complementary

#6a686d

#6d6d68

#696d68

Tetradic

#6a686d

#6d686b

#6b6d68

#686d6a

Square

#6a686d

#6d6869

#6b6d68

#686d6d

Shades

Color #6a686d mixed toward black.

#58575b

#474549

#353437

#232324

#121112

Tints

Color #6a686d mixed toward white.

#838086

#9c9a9e

#b4b3b7

#cdcccf

#e6e6e7

Tones

Color #6a686d mixed toward gray.

#6a696d

#6a696c

#6a6a6b

#6b6a6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

White text reads better on this background (5.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69696c · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#69696c · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#6a6b6b · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a686d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a686d]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#6a686d (#6a686d) is rgb(106, 104, 109) in RGB.

No, #6a686d 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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