#6c6480

Color #6c6480

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6480

RGB

rgb(108, 100, 128)

HSL

hsl(257.1, 12.3%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.1, 21.9%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 21.9%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(44.03, 9.24, -14.42)

LCH

lch(44.03, 17.13, 302.65)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.0445, 297.89)

HWB

hwb(257.1, 39.2%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#788064

Analogous

#646a80

#6c6480

#7a6480

Triadic

#6c6480

#806c64

#64806c

Split-complementary

#6c6480

#807a64

#6a8064

Tetradic

#6c6480

#806478

#788064

#64806c

Square

#6c6480

#80646a

#788064

#64807a

Shades

Color #6c6480 mixed toward black.

#5a536b

#484355

#363240

#24212b

#121115

Tints

Color #6c6480 mixed toward white.

#837b98

#9c95ad

#b5b0c1

#cecad6

#e6e5ea

Tones

Color #6c6480 mixed toward gray.

#6d667e

#6e697b

#6f6b79

#706d77

#717074

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.77:1

White text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69697a · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#696a78 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#6c7574 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6480;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6480]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#6c6480 (#6c6480) is rgb(108, 100, 128) in RGB.

No, #6c6480 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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