#6b55b4

Color #6b55b4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.3 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6b55b4

RGB

rgb(107, 85, 180)

HSL

hsl(253.9, 38.8%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.9, 52.8%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 52.8%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(42.64, 31.95, -47.59)

LCH

lch(42.64, 57.32, 303.88)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.1448, 291.18)

HWB

hwb(253.9, 33.3%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9eb455

Analogous

#556fb4

#6b55b4

#9b55b4

Triadic

#6b55b4

#b46b55

#55b46b

Split-complementary

#6b55b4

#b49b55

#6fb455

Tetradic

#6b55b4

#b4559e

#9eb455

#55b46b

Square

#6b55b4

#b4556f

#9eb455

#55b49b

Shades

Color #6b55b4 mixed toward black.

#574499

#46367b

#34295c

#231b3d

#110e1f

Tints

Color #6b55b4 mixed toward white.

#8471c1

#9c8ecd

#b5aada

#cec6e6

#e6e3f3

Tones

Color #6b55b4 mixed toward gray.

#6f5dac

#7465a4

#786d9c

#7c7594

#807d8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.58:1

White text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262a3 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#63659f · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#6a9491 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b55b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b55b4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6b55b4 (#6b55b4) is rgb(107, 85, 180) in RGB.

No, #6b55b4 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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