#6b5cda

Color #6b5cda

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 6.06 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5cda

RGB

rgb(107, 92, 218)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 63%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 57.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 57.8%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(46.76, 38.96, -62.89)

LCH

lch(46.76, 73.98, 301.78)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.1855, 284.01)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 36.1%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbda5c

Analogous

#5c8cda

#6b5cda

#aa5cda

Triadic

#6b5cda

#da6b5c

#5cda6b

Split-complementary

#6b5cda

#daaa5c

#8cda5c

Tetradic

#6b5cda

#da5ccb

#cbda5c

#5cda6b

Square

#6b5cda

#da5c8c

#cbda5c

#5cdaaa

Shades

Color #6b5cda mixed toward black.

#4532d0

#3626a8

#281d7e

#1b1354

#0d0a2a

Tints

Color #6b5cda mixed toward white.

#8477e0

#9c92e6

#b5aeed

#cec9f3

#e6e4f9

Tones

Color #6b5cda mixed toward gray.

#7367d0

#7b71c5

#837cbb

#8b86b0

#9391a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6565c5 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#6667bf · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#6ab2ad · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5cda;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5cda]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6b5cda (#6b5cda) is rgb(107, 92, 218) in RGB.

No, #6b5cda 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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