#6d5a7a

Color #6d5a7a

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 20.68 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6d5a7a

RGB

rgb(109, 90, 122)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 15.1%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 26.2%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(41.17, 14.31, -15.14)

LCH

lch(41.17, 20.83, 313.39)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.0548, 311.3)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 35.3%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#677a5a

Analogous

#5d5a7a

#6d5a7a

#7a5a77

Triadic

#6d5a7a

#7a6d5a

#5a7a6d

Split-complementary

#6d5a7a

#777a5a

#5a7a5d

Tetradic

#6d5a7a

#7a5a67

#677a5a

#5a7a6d

Square

#6d5a7a

#7a5d5a

#677a5a

#5a777a

Shades

Color #6d5a7a mixed toward black.

#5b4b66

#493c51

#372d3d

#241e29

#120f14

Tints

Color #6d5a7a mixed toward white.

#867096

#9f8dab

#b7a9c0

#cfc6d5

#e7e2ea

Tones

Color #6d5a7a mixed toward gray.

#6d5d77

#6c5f75

#6c6272

#6b656f

#6b676d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.39:1

White text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656573 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#666872 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#6c6e6c · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 16.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d5a7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d5a7a]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6d5a7a (#6d5a7a) is rgb(109, 90, 122) in RGB.

No, #6d5a7a 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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