#6b3aa3

Color #6b3aa3

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 3.17 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6b3aa3

RGB

rgb(107, 58, 163)

HSL

hsl(268, 47.5%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(268, 64.4%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.4%, 64.4%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(35.59, 42.86, -48.83)

LCH

lch(35.59, 64.97, 311.27)

OKLCH

oklch(46.3%, 0.1632, 301.8)

HWB

hwb(268, 22.7%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72a33a

Analogous

#3a3da3

#6b3aa3

#9f3aa3

Triadic

#6b3aa3

#a36b3a

#3aa36b

Split-complementary

#6b3aa3

#a39f3a

#3da33a

Tetradic

#6b3aa3

#a33a72

#72a33a

#3aa36b

Square

#6b3aa3

#a33a3d

#72a33a

#3aa39f

Shades

Color #6b3aa3 mixed toward black.

#593088

#47276d

#351d51

#241336

#120a1b

Tints

Color #6b3aa3 mixed toward white.

#834dc0

#9c71cc

#b494d9

#cdb8e6

#e6dbf2

Tones

Color #6b3aa3 mixed toward gray.

#6c439a

#6c4b91

#6d5489

#6d5d80

#6e6677

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.76:1

White text reads better on this background (7.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5992 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#5c5f8e · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#69837f · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b3aa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b3aa3]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b3aa3 (#6b3aa3) is rgb(107, 58, 163) in RGB.

No, #6b3aa3 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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