#6b2498

Color #6b2498

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6b2498

RGB

rgb(107, 36, 152)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 61.7%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 76.3%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.6%, 76.3%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(31.01, 50.7, -49.57)

LCH

lch(31.01, 70.91, 315.65)

OKLCH

oklch(42.8%, 0.1795, 308.37)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 14.1%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#519824

Analogous

#312498

#6b2498

#98248b

Triadic

#6b2498

#986b24

#24986b

Split-complementary

#6b2498

#8b9824

#249831

Tetradic

#6b2498

#982451

#519824

#24986b

Square

#6b2498

#983124

#519824

#248b98

Shades

Color #6b2498 mixed toward black.

#591e7f

#471865

#36124c

#240c33

#120619

Tints

Color #6b2498 mixed toward white.

#8a2ec4

#a352d6

#ba7de0

#d1a8ea

#e8d4f5

Tones

Color #6b2498 mixed toward gray.

#692e8e

#673785

#65417b

#624b71

#605468

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.33:1

White text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555587 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#585c82 · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#697774 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 27.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b2498;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b2498]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b2498 (#6b2498) is rgb(107, 36, 152) in RGB.

No, #6b2498 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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