#6b5980

Color #6b5980

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 23.05 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5980

RGB

rgb(107, 89, 128)

HSL

hsl(267.7, 18%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.7, 30.5%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 30.5%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(40.94, 15.63, -19.16)

LCH

lch(40.94, 24.73, 309.21)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.0644, 305.27)

HWB

hwb(267.7, 34.9%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e8059

Analogous

#595a80

#6b5980

#7e5980

Triadic

#6b5980

#806b59

#59806b

Split-complementary

#6b5980

#807e59

#5a8059

Tetradic

#6b5980

#80596e

#6e8059

#59806b

Square

#6b5980

#80595a

#6e8059

#59807e

Shades

Color #6b5980 mixed toward black.

#594a6b

#473b55

#352c40

#241e2b

#120f15

Tints

Color #6b5980 mixed toward white.

#836f9b

#9c8caf

#b5a8c3

#cdc5d7

#e6e2eb

Tones

Color #6b5980 mixed toward gray.

#6b5c7d

#6b5f79

#6c6376

#6c6673

#6c6970

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646478 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#656676 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#6a7170 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5980;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5980]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b5980 (#6b5980) is rgb(107, 89, 128) in RGB.

No, #6b5980 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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