#6b5f75

Color #6b5f75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5f75

RGB

rgb(107, 95, 117)

HSL

hsl(272.7, 10.4%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.7, 18.8%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(42.15, 9.38, -10.63)

LCH

lch(42.15, 14.18, 311.43)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.0372, 309.55)

HWB

hwb(272.7, 37.3%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69755f

Analogous

#605f75

#6b5f75

#755f74

Triadic

#6b5f75

#756b5f

#5f756b

Split-complementary

#6b5f75

#74755f

#5f7560

Tetradic

#6b5f75

#755f69

#69755f

#5f756b

Square

#6b5f75

#75605f

#69755f

#5f7475

Shades

Color #6b5f75 mixed toward black.

#594f62

#473f4e

#36303b

#242027

#121014

Tints

Color #6b5f75 mixed toward white.

#847690

#9d91a6

#b5adbc

#cec8d3

#e6e4e9

Tones

Color #6b5f75 mixed toward gray.

#6b6173

#6b6371

#6b6570

#6a666e

#6a686c

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

#666670 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#67686f · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#6a6c6b · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5f75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5f75]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#6b5f75 (#6b5f75) is rgb(107, 95, 117) in RGB.

No, #6b5f75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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