#6b5169

Color #6b5169

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 19.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5169

RGB

rgb(107, 81, 105)

HSL

hsl(304.6, 13.8%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(304.6, 24.3%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 1.9%, 58%)

LAB

lab(37.9, 15.38, -9.65)

LCH

lch(37.9, 18.16, 327.89)

OKLCH

oklch(47.1%, 0.0501, 328.88)

HWB

hwb(304.6, 31.8%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#516b53

Analogous

#60516b

#6b5169

#6b515c

Triadic

#6b5169

#696b51

#51696b

Split-complementary

#6b5169

#5c6b51

#516b60

Tetradic

#6b5169

#6b5351

#516b53

#51696b

Square

#6b5169

#6b6051

#516b53

#515c6b

Shades

Color #6b5169 mixed toward black.

#594458

#473646

#362935

#241b23

#120e12

Tints

Color #6b5169 mixed toward white.

#8a6887

#a385a0

#baa3b8

#d1c2d0

#e8e0e7

Tones

Color #6b5169 mixed toward gray.

#695367

#675565

#655864

#625a62

#605c60

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616164 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#626463 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#6a605f · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5169;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5169]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#6b5169 (#6b5169) is rgb(107, 81, 105) in RGB.

No, #6b5169 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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