#6d5c78

Color #6d5c78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 18.49 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6d5c78

RGB

rgb(109, 92, 120)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 13.2%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 23.3%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(41.63, 12.63, -13.22)

LCH

lch(41.63, 18.28, 313.69)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.0482, 311.89)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 36.1%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67785c

Analogous

#5f5c78

#6d5c78

#785c75

Triadic

#6d5c78

#786d5c

#5c786d

Split-complementary

#6d5c78

#75785c

#5c785f

Tetradic

#6d5c78

#785c67

#67785c

#5c786d

Square

#6d5c78

#785f5c

#67785c

#5c7578

Shades

Color #6d5c78 mixed toward black.

#5b4d64

#493d50

#372e3c

#241f28

#120f14

Tints

Color #6d5c78 mixed toward white.

#867393

#9f8fa9

#b7abbe

#cfc7d4

#e7e3e9

Tones

Color #6d5c78 mixed toward gray.

#6d5e76

#6c6173

#6c6371

#6b656f

#6b686c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.45:1

White text reads better on this background (6.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666672 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#676871 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#6c6d6c · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d5c78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d5c78]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6d5c78 (#6d5c78) is rgb(109, 92, 120) in RGB.

No, #6d5c78 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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