#6b5d83

Color #6b5d83

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 21.1 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5d83

RGB

rgb(107, 93, 131)

HSL

hsl(262.1, 17%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.1, 29%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 29%, 0%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(42.14, 13.9, -19.13)

LCH

lch(42.14, 23.65, 306)

OKLCH

oklch(50.7%, 0.0613, 301.12)

HWB

hwb(262.1, 36.5%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75835d

Analogous

#5d6283

#6b5d83

#7e5d83

Triadic

#6b5d83

#836b5d

#5d836b

Split-complementary

#6b5d83

#837e5d

#62835d

Tetradic

#6b5d83

#835d75

#75835d

#5d836b

Square

#6b5d83

#835d62

#75835d

#5d837e

Shades

Color #6b5d83 mixed toward black.

#594d6d

#473e57

#352e41

#241f2c

#120f16

Tints

Color #6b5d83 mixed toward white.

#82749c

#9b8fb0

#b4abc4

#cdc7d7

#e6e3eb

Tones

Color #6b5d83 mixed toward gray.

#6c6080

#6d637d

#6d6679

#6e6a76

#6f6d73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.52:1

White text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65657b · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#666779 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#6a7473 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5d83;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5d83]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#6b5d83 (#6b5d83) is rgb(107, 93, 131) in RGB.

No, #6b5d83 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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