#6d557e

Color #6d557e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 25.69 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6d557e

RGB

rgb(109, 85, 126)

HSL

hsl(275.1, 19.4%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.1, 32.5%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(40.01, 18.31, -19.37)

LCH

lch(40.01, 26.65, 313.39)

OKLCH

oklch(49%, 0.07, 310.65)

HWB

hwb(275.1, 33.3%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#667e55

Analogous

#59557e

#6d557e

#7e557b

Triadic

#6d557e

#7e6d55

#557e6d

Split-complementary

#6d557e

#7b7e55

#557e59

Tetradic

#6d557e

#7e5566

#667e55

#557e6d

Square

#6d557e

#7e5955

#667e55

#557b7e

Shades

Color #6d557e mixed toward black.

#5b4769

#493954

#372b3f

#241c2a

#120e15

Tints

Color #6d557e mixed toward white.

#876a9b

#9f88af

#b7a6c3

#cfc4d7

#e7e1eb

Tones

Color #6d557e mixed toward gray.

#6c597b

#6c5c77

#6b5f74

#6b6370

#6a666d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.25:1

White text reads better on this background (6.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636376 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#656774 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#6c6f6d · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d557e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d557e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6d557e (#6d557e) is rgb(109, 85, 126) in RGB.

No, #6d557e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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