#6c6198

Color #6c6198

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.07 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6198

RGB

rgb(108, 97, 152)

HSL

hsl(252, 22.1%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 36.2%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(44.24, 17.14, -28.49)

LCH

lch(44.24, 33.25, 301.03)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.0857, 292.35)

HWB

hwb(252, 38%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d9861

Analogous

#617198

#6c6198

#876198

Triadic

#6c6198

#986c61

#61986c

Split-complementary

#6c6198

#988761

#719861

Tetradic

#6c6198

#98618d

#8d9861

#61986c

Square

#6c6198

#986171

#8d9861

#619887

Shades

Color #6c6198 mixed toward black.

#5a517f

#484165

#36304c

#242033

#121019

Tints

Color #6c6198 mixed toward white.

#847aaa

#9c95bb

#b5afcc

#cecadd

#e6e4ee

Tones

Color #6c6198 mixed toward gray.

#6f6693

#716a8f

#746f8a

#777386

#7a7881

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.8:1

White text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#67678d · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#68698a · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#6b8482 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6198;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6198]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6c6198 (#6c6198) is rgb(108, 97, 152) in RGB.

No, #6c6198 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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