#6b5c75

Color #6b5c75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.63 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5c75

RGB

rgb(107, 92, 117)

HSL

hsl(276, 12%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 21.4%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(41.32, 11.22, -11.88)

LCH

lch(41.32, 16.34, 313.36)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.0431, 311.71)

HWB

hwb(276, 36.1%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#66755c

Analogous

#5f5c75

#6b5c75

#755c73

Triadic

#6b5c75

#756b5c

#5c756b

Split-complementary

#6b5c75

#73755c

#5c755f

Tetradic

#6b5c75

#755c66

#66755c

#5c756b

Square

#6b5c75

#755f5c

#66755c

#5c7375

Shades

Color #6b5c75 mixed toward black.

#594d62

#473d4e

#362e3b

#241f27

#120f14

Tints

Color #6b5c75 mixed toward white.

#857391

#9d8fa7

#b6abbd

#cec7d3

#e7e3e9

Tones

Color #6b5c75 mixed toward gray.

#6b5e73

#6a6071

#6a626f

#69646d

#69666b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656570 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#66676e · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#6a6b6a · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5c75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5c75]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b5c75 (#6b5c75) is rgb(107, 92, 117) in RGB.

No, #6b5c75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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