#6b617f

Color #6b617f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.64 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#6b617f

RGB

rgb(107, 97, 127)

HSL

hsl(260, 13.4%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 23.6%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(43.07, 10.48, -15.29)

LCH

lch(43.07, 18.54, 304.43)

OKLCH

oklch(51.3%, 0.0482, 300.03)

HWB

hwb(260, 38%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#757f61

Analogous

#61667f

#6b617f

#7a617f

Triadic

#6b617f

#7f6b61

#617f6b

Split-complementary

#6b617f

#7f7a61

#667f61

Tetradic

#6b617f

#7f6175

#757f61

#617f6b

Square

#6b617f

#7f6166

#757f61

#617f7a

Shades

Color #6b617f mixed toward black.

#59516a

#474155

#35303f

#24202a

#121015

Tints

Color #6b617f mixed toward white.

#827898

#9b93ac

#b4aec1

#cdc9d6

#e6e4ea

Tones

Color #6b617f mixed toward gray.

#6c637c

#6d667a

#6d6877

#6e6b75

#6f6d72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.64:1

White text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676779 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#676877 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#6b7372 · ΔE 18.2

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b617f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b617f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#6b617f (#6b617f) is rgb(107, 97, 127) in RGB.

No, #6b617f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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