#6c16a4

Color #6c16a4

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 12.79 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6c16a4

RGB

rgb(108, 22, 164)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 76.3%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 86.6%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.1%, 86.6%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(30.5, 58.3, -57.69)

LCH

lch(30.5, 82.02, 315.3)

OKLCH

oklch(42.8%, 0.2038, 306.22)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 8.6%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4ea416

Analogous

#2516a4

#6c16a4

#a41695

Triadic

#6c16a4

#a46c16

#16a46c

Split-complementary

#6c16a4

#95a416

#16a425

Tetradic

#6c16a4

#a4164e

#4ea416

#16a46c

Square

#6c16a4

#a42516

#4ea416

#1695a4

Shades

Color #6c16a4 mixed toward black.

#5a1289

#480f6d

#360b52

#240737

#12041b

Tints

Color #6c16a4 mixed toward white.

#8b1cd4

#a441e5

#bb70ec

#d2a0f2

#e8cff9

Tones

Color #6c16a4 mixed toward gray.

#6a2298

#672e8c

#653a81

#624575

#605169

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.29:1

White text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545391 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#585c8c · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#6a7f7b · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 28.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c16a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c16a4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6c16a4 (#6c16a4) is rgb(108, 22, 164) in RGB.

No, #6c16a4 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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