#6c5595

Color #6c5595

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.63 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6c5595

RGB

rgb(108, 85, 149)

HSL

hsl(261.6, 27.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.6, 43%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.5%, 43%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(40.98, 23.71, -31.8)

LCH

lch(40.98, 39.67, 306.71)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.1019, 299.26)

HWB

hwb(261.6, 33.3%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e9555

Analogous

#555e95

#6c5595

#8c5595

Triadic

#6c5595

#956c55

#55956c

Split-complementary

#6c5595

#958c55

#5e9555

Tetradic

#6c5595

#95557e

#7e9555

#55956c

Square

#6c5595

#95555e

#7e9555

#55958c

Shades

Color #6c5595 mixed toward black.

#5a477c

#483963

#362a4b

#241c32

#120e19

Tints

Color #6c5595 mixed toward white.

#836dac

#9c8abc

#b5a7cd

#cdc4de

#e6e2ee

Tones

Color #6c5595 mixed toward gray.

#6e5a90

#6f608a

#716585

#726a80

#74707a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636389 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#646686 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#6b7e7c · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c5595;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c5595]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#6c5595 (#6c5595) is rgb(108, 85, 149) in RGB.

No, #6c5595 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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