#6b2598

Color #6b2598

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 7.92 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6b2598

RGB

rgb(107, 37, 152)

HSL

hsl(276.5, 60.8%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.5, 75.7%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(31.15, 50.29, -49.34)

LCH

lch(31.15, 70.45, 315.55)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.1784, 308.28)

HWB

hwb(276.5, 14.5%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#529825

Analogous

#322598

#6b2598

#98258c

Triadic

#6b2598

#986b25

#25986b

Split-complementary

#6b2598

#8c9825

#259832

Tetradic

#6b2598

#982552

#529825

#25986b

Square

#6b2598

#983225

#529825

#258c98

Shades

Color #6b2598 mixed toward black.

#591f7f

#471965

#36134c

#240c33

#120619

Tints

Color #6b2598 mixed toward white.

#8930c3

#a253d5

#b97ee0

#d1a9ea

#e8d4f5

Tones

Color #6b2598 mixed toward gray.

#692f8f

#673885

#65427b

#634b72

#615568

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.34:1

White text reads better on this background (8.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555587 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#595d83 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#697774 · ΔE 30.3

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 27.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b2598;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b2598]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b2598 (#6b2598) is rgb(107, 37, 152) in RGB.

No, #6b2598 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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