#6b5e72

Color #6b5e72

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 13.49 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5e72

RGB

rgb(107, 94, 114)

HSL

hsl(279, 9.6%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279, 17.5%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(41.76, 9.32, -9.38)

LCH

lch(41.76, 13.22, 314.82)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.0349, 313.84)

HWB

hwb(279, 36.9%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#65725e

Analogous

#615e72

#6b5e72

#725e6f

Triadic

#6b5e72

#726b5e

#5e726b

Split-complementary

#6b5e72

#6f725e

#5e7261

Tetradic

#6b5e72

#725e65

#65725e

#5e726b

Square

#6b5e72

#72615e

#65725e

#5e6f72

Shades

Color #6b5e72 mixed toward black.

#594e5f

#473f4c

#362f39

#241f26

#121013

Tints

Color #6b5e72 mixed toward white.

#85758d

#9d91a4

#b6acbb

#cec8d2

#e7e3e8

Tones

Color #6b5e72 mixed toward gray.

#6b6070

#6a616f

#6a636d

#69656b

#69666a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.47:1

White text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#66666e · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#66676c · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#6a6a69 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5e72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5e72]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b5e72 (#6b5e72) is rgb(107, 94, 114) in RGB.

No, #6b5e72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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