#6b08a8

Color #6b08a8

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.08 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6b08a8

RGB

rgb(107, 8, 168)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 90.9%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 95.2%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.3%, 95.2%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(29.73, 61.93, -61.38)

LCH

lch(29.73, 87.19, 315.26)

OKLCH

oklch(42.3%, 0.2145, 305.22)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 3.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#45a808

Analogous

#1b08a8

#6b08a8

#a80895

Triadic

#6b08a8

#a86b08

#08a86b

Split-complementary

#6b08a8

#95a808

#08a81b

Tetradic

#6b08a8

#a80845

#45a808

#08a86b

Square

#6b08a8

#a81b08

#45a808

#0895a8

Shades

Color #6b08a8 mixed toward black.

#59078c

#470570

#350454

#240338

#12011c

Tints

Color #6b08a8 mixed toward white.

#8d0bdd

#a82af5

#bd60f7

#d395fa

#e9cafc

Tones

Color #6b08a8 mixed toward gray.

#68159b

#65238d

#613080

#5e3d73

#5b4b65

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.23:1

White text reads better on this background (9.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525194 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#565b8f · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#68827d · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b08a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b08a8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b08a8 (#6b08a8) is rgb(107, 8, 168) in RGB.

No, #6b08a8 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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