#6b4ea5

Color #6b4ea5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6b4ea5

RGB

rgb(107, 78, 165)

HSL

hsl(260, 35.8%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 52.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.2%, 52.7%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(40.07, 31.96, -42.83)

LCH

lch(40.07, 53.44, 306.73)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.1354, 296.55)

HWB

hwb(260, 30.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88a54e

Analogous

#4e5ca5

#6b4ea5

#964ea5

Triadic

#6b4ea5

#a56b4e

#4ea56b

Split-complementary

#6b4ea5

#a5964e

#5ca54e

Tetradic

#6b4ea5

#a54e88

#88a54e

#4ea56b

Square

#6b4ea5

#a54e5c

#88a54e

#4ea596

Shades

Color #6b4ea5 mixed toward black.

#594189

#47346e

#352752

#241a37

#120d1b

Tints

Color #6b4ea5 mixed toward white.

#8268b8

#9b86c6

#b4a4d4

#cdc3e2

#e6e1f1

Tones

Color #6b4ea5 mixed toward gray.

#6d559e

#705c96

#72648f

#756b88

#777281

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606096 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#616392 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#6a8885 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b4ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b4ea5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#6b4ea5 (#6b4ea5) is rgb(107, 78, 165) in RGB.

No, #6b4ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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