#6d5775

Color #6d5775

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 20.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6d5775

RGB

rgb(109, 87, 117)

HSL

hsl(284, 14.7%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284, 25.6%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.8%, 25.6%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(40.17, 15.02, -13.61)

LCH

lch(40.17, 20.27, 317.82)

OKLCH

oklch(49%, 0.0541, 316.95)

HWB

hwb(284, 34.1%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f7557

Analogous

#5e5775

#6d5775

#75576e

Triadic

#6d5775

#756d57

#57756d

Split-complementary

#6d5775

#6e7557

#57755e

Tetradic

#6d5775

#75575f

#5f7557

#57756d

Square

#6d5775

#755e57

#5f7557

#576e75

Shades

Color #6d5775 mixed toward black.

#5b4961

#493a4e

#362c3a

#241d27

#120f13

Tints

Color #6d5775 mixed toward white.

#886d92

#a08aa8

#b8a7be

#cfc5d3

#e7e2e9

Tones

Color #6d5775 mixed toward gray.

#6c5a72

#6b5c70

#695f6d

#68616b

#676468

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.27:1

White text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64646f · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#65676d · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#6c6968 · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d5775;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d5775]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6d5775 (#6d5775) is rgb(109, 87, 117) in RGB.

No, #6d5775 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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