#6c696f

Color #6c696f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.82 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6c696f

RGB

rgb(108, 105, 111)

HSL

hsl(270, 2.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 5.4%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(44.86, 2.4, -2.94)

LCH

lch(44.86, 3.8, 309.23)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.01, 308.48)

HWB

hwb(270, 41.2%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c6f69

Analogous

#69696f

#6c696f

#6f696f

Triadic

#6c696f

#6f6c69

#696f6c

Split-complementary

#6c696f

#6f6f69

#696f69

Tetradic

#6c696f

#6f696c

#6c6f69

#696f6c

Square

#6c696f

#6f6969

#6c6f69

#696f6f

Shades

Color #6c696f mixed toward black.

#5a585d

#48464a

#363538

#242325

#121213

Tints

Color #6c696f mixed toward white.

#858188

#9d9aa0

#b6b4b8

#cecdcf

#e7e6e7

Tones

Color #6c696f mixed toward gray.

#6c6a6f

#6c6a6e

#6c6b6e

#6c6b6d

#6c6c6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.89:1

White text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b6e · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6b6b6d · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c696f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c696f]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6c696f (#6c696f) is rgb(108, 105, 111) in RGB.

No, #6c696f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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