#6c557e

Color #6c557e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 25.53 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6c557e

RGB

rgb(108, 85, 126)

HSL

hsl(273.7, 19.4%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.7, 32.5%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(39.9, 17.96, -19.54)

LCH

lch(39.9, 26.54, 312.59)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.0695, 309.57)

HWB

hwb(273.7, 33.3%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#677e55

Analogous

#58557e

#6c557e

#7e557c

Triadic

#6c557e

#7e6c55

#557e6c

Split-complementary

#6c557e

#7c7e55

#557e58

Tetradic

#6c557e

#7e5567

#677e55

#557e6c

Square

#6c557e

#7e5855

#677e55

#557c7e

Shades

Color #6c557e mixed toward black.

#5a4769

#483954

#362b3f

#241c2a

#120e15

Tints

Color #6c557e mixed toward white.

#856a9b

#9e88af

#b6a6c3

#cec4d7

#e7e1eb

Tones

Color #6c557e mixed toward gray.

#6c597b

#6b5c77

#6b5f74

#6a6370

#6a666d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.24:1

White text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636376 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#646674 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#6b6f6d · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 18.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c557e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c557e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#6c557e (#6c557e) is rgb(108, 85, 126) in RGB.

No, #6c557e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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