#6c517b

Color #6c517b

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6c517b

RGB

rgb(108, 81, 123)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 20.6%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 34.1%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.2%, 34.1%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(38.73, 19.72, -19.5)

LCH

lch(38.73, 27.73, 315.32)

OKLCH

oklch(48%, 0.0732, 313.06)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 31.8%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#607b51

Analogous

#57517b

#6c517b

#7b5175

Triadic

#6c517b

#7b6c51

#517b6c

Split-complementary

#6c517b

#757b51

#517b57

Tetradic

#6c517b

#7b5160

#607b51

#517b6c

Square

#6c517b

#7b5751

#607b51

#51757b

Shades

Color #6c517b mixed toward black.

#5a4367

#483652

#36283e

#241b29

#120d15

Tints

Color #6c517b mixed toward white.

#87659a

#9f84ae

#b7a3c2

#cfc1d7

#e7e0eb

Tones

Color #6c517b mixed toward gray.

#6b5478

#6a5874

#695b71

#685f6d

#67626a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.1:1

White text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616173 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#636570 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#6b6b6a · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c517b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c517b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6c517b (#6c517b) is rgb(108, 81, 123) in RGB.

No, #6c517b 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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