#6b5299

Color #6b5299

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.73 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5299

RGB

rgb(107, 82, 153)

HSL

hsl(261.1, 30.2%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.1, 46.4%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.1%, 46.4%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(40.34, 26.31, -35.22)

LCH

lch(40.34, 43.96, 306.76)

OKLCH

oklch(49.6%, 0.1124, 298.48)

HWB

hwb(261.1, 32.2%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#809952

Analogous

#525d99

#6b5299

#8f5299

Triadic

#6b5299

#996b52

#52996b

Split-complementary

#6b5299

#998f52

#5d9952

Tetradic

#6b5299

#995280

#809952

#52996b

Square

#6b5299

#99525d

#809952

#52998f

Shades

Color #6b5299 mixed toward black.

#594480

#473766

#36294d

#241b33

#120e1a

Tints

Color #6b5299 mixed toward white.

#826aaf

#9b88bf

#b4a6cf

#cdc3df

#e6e1ef

Tones

Color #6b5299 mixed toward gray.

#6d5893

#6f5e8d

#706487

#726a81

#74707b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.29:1

White text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61618c · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#636489 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#6a807e · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 23

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5299;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5299]

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

#6b5299 (#6b5299) is rgb(107, 82, 153) in RGB.

No, #6b5299 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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