#6c5ea2

Color #6c5ea2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.58 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6c5ea2

RGB

rgb(108, 94, 162)

HSL

hsl(252.4, 26.8%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.4, 42%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 42%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(43.95, 21.69, -34.89)

LCH

lch(43.95, 41.08, 301.87)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.1054, 291.84)

HWB

hwb(252.4, 36.9%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94a25e

Analogous

#5e72a2

#6c5ea2

#8e5ea2

Triadic

#6c5ea2

#a26c5e

#5ea26c

Split-complementary

#6c5ea2

#a28e5e

#72a25e

Tetradic

#6c5ea2

#a25e94

#94a25e

#5ea26c

Square

#6c5ea2

#a25e72

#94a25e

#5ea28e

Shades

Color #6c5ea2 mixed toward black.

#5a4e87

#483e6c

#362f51

#241f36

#12101b

Tints

Color #6c5ea2 mixed toward white.

#8579b2

#9d94c1

#b6aed1

#cec9e0

#e7e4f0

Tones

Color #6c5ea2 mixed toward gray.

#6f649c

#736997

#766f91

#79758b

#7d7a86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.76:1

White text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666695 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#676892 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#6b8a87 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c5ea2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c5ea2]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6c5ea2 (#6c5ea2) is rgb(108, 94, 162) in RGB.

No, #6c5ea2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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