#6c5ed8

Color #6c5ed8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 4.02 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6c5ed8

RGB

rgb(108, 94, 216)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 61%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 56.5%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 56.5%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(47.17, 37.37, -61.09)

LCH

lch(47.17, 71.61, 301.45)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.1802, 284.14)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 36.9%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cad85e

Analogous

#5e8dd8

#6c5ed8

#a95ed8

Triadic

#6c5ed8

#d86c5e

#5ed86c

Split-complementary

#6c5ed8

#d8a95e

#8dd85e

Tetradic

#6c5ed8

#d85eca

#cad85e

#5ed86c

Square

#6c5ed8

#d85e8d

#cad85e

#5ed8a9

Shades

Color #6c5ed8 mixed toward black.

#4634ce

#3728a6

#291e7d

#1b1453

#0e0a2a

Tints

Color #6c5ed8 mixed toward white.

#8579df

#9d94e5

#b6afec

#cec9f2

#e7e4f9

Tones

Color #6c5ed8 mixed toward gray.

#7468ce

#7c72c4

#847dba

#8b87af

#9391a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666c3 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#6768be · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#6bb1ac · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c5ed8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c5ed8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c5ed8 (#6c5ed8) is rgb(108, 94, 216) in RGB.

No, #6c5ed8 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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