#6b5868

Color #6b5868

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 13.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5868

RGB

rgb(107, 88, 104)

HSL

hsl(309.5, 9.7%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(309.5, 17.8%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 2.8%, 58%)

LAB

lab(39.76, 10.86, -6.24)

LCH

lch(39.76, 12.53, 330.12)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.0347, 331.44)

HWB

hwb(309.5, 34.5%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#586b5b

Analogous

#64586b

#6b5868

#6b585e

Triadic

#6b5868

#686b58

#58686b

Split-complementary

#6b5868

#5e6b58

#586b64

Tetradic

#6b5868

#6b5b58

#586b5b

#58686b

Square

#6b5868

#6b6458

#586b5b

#585e6b

Shades

Color #6b5868 mixed toward black.

#594957

#473b45

#352c34

#241d23

#120f11

Tints

Color #6b5868 mixed toward white.

#887084

#a08c9d

#b8a9b5

#d0c5ce

#e7e2e6

Tones

Color #6b5868 mixed toward gray.

#695a67

#685b66

#665d65

#655e64

#636062

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.22:1

White text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636364 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#646664 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#6a6161 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5868;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5868]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#6b5868 (#6b5868) is rgb(107, 88, 104) in RGB.

No, #6b5868 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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