#6b08a4

Color #6b08a4

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 14.37 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#6b08a4

RGB

rgb(107, 8, 164)

HSL

hsl(278.1, 90.7%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.1, 95.1%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.8%, 95.1%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(29.36, 61.09, -59.56)

LCH

lch(29.36, 85.32, 315.73)

OKLCH

oklch(42%, 0.2111, 306.41)

HWB

hwb(278.1, 3.1%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#41a408

Analogous

#1d08a4

#6b08a4

#a4088f

Triadic

#6b08a4

#a46b08

#08a46b

Split-complementary

#6b08a4

#8fa408

#08a41d

Tetradic

#6b08a4

#a40841

#41a408

#08a46b

Square

#6b08a4

#a41d08

#41a408

#088fa4

Shades

Color #6b08a4 mixed toward black.

#590789

#47056d

#350452

#240337

#12011b

Tints

Color #6b08a4 mixed toward white.

#8e0bda

#aa28f5

#bf5ef7

#d494fa

#eac9fc

Tones

Color #6b08a4 mixed toward gray.

#671597

#64228a

#602f7d

#5d3c70

#594963

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.2:1

White text reads better on this background (9.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525191 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#565b8c · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#687f7a · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b08a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b08a4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b08a4 (#6b08a4) is rgb(107, 8, 164) in RGB.

No, #6b08a4 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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