#6d537e

Color #6d537e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.44 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d537e

RGB

rgb(109, 83, 126)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 20.6%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 34.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(39.49, 19.54, -20.17)

LCH

lch(39.49, 28.08, 314.09)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.0738, 311.38)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 32.5%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#647e53

Analogous

#58537e

#6d537e

#7e537a

Triadic

#6d537e

#7e6d53

#537e6d

Split-complementary

#6d537e

#7a7e53

#537e58

Tetradic

#6d537e

#7e5364

#647e53

#537e6d

Square

#6d537e

#7e5853

#647e53

#537a7e

Shades

Color #6d537e mixed toward black.

#5b4569

#493754

#372a3f

#241c2a

#120e15

Tints

Color #6d537e mixed toward white.

#87689b

#9f86af

#b7a4c3

#cfc3d7

#e7e1eb

Tones

Color #6d537e mixed toward gray.

#6c577a

#6c5a77

#6b5e73

#6a6170

#69656c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.19:1

White text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636375 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#646673 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#6c6e6c · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 19.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d537e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d537e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6d537e (#6d537e) is rgb(109, 83, 126) in RGB.

No, #6d537e 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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