#6c00b0

Color #6c00b0

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.19 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6c00b0

RGB

rgb(108, 0, 176)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 100%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 100%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.6%, 100%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(30.21, 64.99, -65.39)

LCH

lch(30.21, 92.19, 314.82)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.2246, 303.67)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 0%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#44b000

Analogous

#1400b0

#6c00b0

#b0009c

Triadic

#6c00b0

#b06c00

#00b06c

Split-complementary

#6c00b0

#9cb000

#00b014

Tetradic

#6c00b0

#b00044

#44b000

#00b06c

Square

#6c00b0

#b01400

#44b000

#009cb0

Shades

Color #6c00b0 mixed toward black.

#5a0093

#480075

#360058

#24003b

#12001d

Tints

Color #6c00b0 mixed toward white.

#8e00e8

#a920ff

#be58ff

#d490ff

#e9c7ff

Tones

Color #6c00b0 mixed toward gray.

#690fa1

#651d93

#622c84

#5f3b75

#5b4967

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.26:1

White text reads better on this background (9.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#52529b · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#565b96 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#698883 · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 30

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c00b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c00b0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6c00b0 (#6c00b0) is rgb(108, 0, 176) in RGB.

No, #6c00b0 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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