#6b06af

Color #6b06af

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#6b06af

RGB

rgb(107, 6, 175)

HSL

hsl(275.9, 93.4%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.9, 96.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.9%, 96.6%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(30.28, 63.71, -64.68)

LCH

lch(30.28, 90.79, 314.57)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.2212, 303.31)

HWB

hwb(275.9, 2.4%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4aaf06

Analogous

#1706af

#6b06af

#af069e

Triadic

#6b06af

#af6b06

#06af6b

Split-complementary

#6b06af

#9eaf06

#06af17

Tetradic

#6b06af

#af064a

#4aaf06

#06af6b

Square

#6b06af

#af1706

#4aaf06

#069eaf

Shades

Color #6b06af mixed toward black.

#590592

#470475

#360358

#24023a

#12011d

Tints

Color #6b06af mixed toward white.

#8c08e4

#a52bf8

#bc60fa

#d295fb

#e9cafd

Tones

Color #6b06af mixed toward gray.

#6814a1

#662293

#633085

#603e77

#5d4c69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.27:1

White text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#52519a · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#565b95 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#688783 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 29.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b06af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b06af]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b06af (#6b06af) is rgb(107, 6, 175) in RGB.

No, #6b06af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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