#6d559c

Color #6d559c

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.63 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6d559c

RGB

rgb(109, 85, 156)

HSL

hsl(260.3, 29.5%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.3, 45.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.1%, 45.5%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(41.45, 25.86, -35.25)

LCH

lch(41.45, 43.72, 306.26)

OKLCH

oklch(50.6%, 0.1119, 297.87)

HWB

hwb(260.3, 33.3%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#849c55

Analogous

#55619c

#6d559c

#91559c

Triadic

#6d559c

#9c6d55

#559c6d

Split-complementary

#6d559c

#9c9155

#619c55

Tetradic

#6d559c

#9c5584

#849c55

#559c6d

Square

#6d559c

#9c5561

#849c55

#559c91

Shades

Color #6d559c mixed toward black.

#5b4782

#493968

#372b4e

#241c34

#120e1a

Tints

Color #6d559c mixed toward white.

#846eb0

#9d8bc0

#b5a8d0

#cec5df

#e6e2ef

Tones

Color #6d559c mixed toward gray.

#6f5b96

#716190

#73678a

#756d84

#77737f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.43:1

White text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63638f · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#65678b · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#6c8380 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d559c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d559c]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#6d559c (#6d559c) is rgb(109, 85, 156) in RGB.

No, #6d559c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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