#6b5273

Color #6b5273

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 23.27 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5273

RGB

rgb(107, 82, 115)

HSL

hsl(285.5, 16.8%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.5, 28.7%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 28.7%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(38.55, 16.92, -14.86)

LCH

lch(38.55, 22.52, 318.71)

OKLCH

oklch(47.7%, 0.0602, 317.83)

HWB

hwb(285.5, 32.2%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a7352

Analogous

#5a5273

#6b5273

#73526a

Triadic

#6b5273

#736b52

#52736b

Split-complementary

#6b5273

#6a7352

#52735a

Tetradic

#6b5273

#73525a

#5a7352

#52736b

Square

#6b5273

#735a52

#5a7352

#526a73

Shades

Color #6b5273 mixed toward black.

#594460

#47374d

#352939

#241b26

#120e13

Tints

Color #6b5273 mixed toward white.

#876891

#a085a8

#b8a4be

#cfc2d4

#e7e1e9

Tones

Color #6b5273 mixed toward gray.

#6a5570

#68576d

#675a6b

#655d68

#646065

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.08:1

White text reads better on this background (6.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61616c · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#63646a · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#6a6665 · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5273;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5273]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#6b5273 (#6b5273) is rgb(107, 82, 115) in RGB.

No, #6b5273 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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