#6d00a3

Color #6d00a3

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 14.5 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6d00a3

RGB

rgb(109, 0, 163)

HSL

hsl(280.1, 100%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.1, 100%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.1%, 100%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(29.15, 62.46, -59.29)

LCH

lch(29.15, 86.12, 316.49)

OKLCH

oklch(41.9%, 0.2141, 307.89)

HWB

hwb(280.1, 0%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#36a300

Analogous

#1b00a3

#6d00a3

#a30088

Triadic

#6d00a3

#a36d00

#00a36d

Split-complementary

#6d00a3

#88a300

#00a31b

Tetradic

#6d00a3

#a30036

#36a300

#00a36d

Square

#6d00a3

#a31b00

#36a300

#0088a3

Shades

Color #6d00a3 mixed toward black.

#5b0088

#49006d

#370052

#240036

#12001b

Tints

Color #6d00a3 mixed toward white.

#9400dd

#b218ff

#c552ff

#d98bff

#ecc5ff

Tones

Color #6d00a3 mixed toward gray.

#680e96

#641b88

#5f297a

#5b366d

#56445f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.18:1

White text reads better on this background (9.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535290 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#575c8b · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#6a7e79 · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 29.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d00a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d00a3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6d00a3 (#6d00a3) is rgb(109, 0, 163) in RGB.

No, #6d00a3 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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