#6d6472

Color #6d6472

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6472

RGB

rgb(109, 100, 114)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 6.5%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 12.3%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(43.63, 6.43, -6.57)

LCH

lch(43.63, 9.19, 314.38)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.0243, 313.67)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 39.2%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#697264

Analogous

#666472

#6d6472

#726470

Triadic

#6d6472

#726d64

#64726d

Split-complementary

#6d6472

#707264

#647266

Tetradic

#6d6472

#726469

#697264

#64726d

Square

#6d6472

#726664

#697264

#647072

Shades

Color #6d6472 mixed toward black.

#5b535f

#49434c

#373239

#242126

#121113

Tints

Color #6d6472 mixed toward white.

#867c8c

#9e96a3

#b6b0ba

#cfcad1

#e7e5e8

Tones

Color #6d6472 mixed toward gray.

#6d6571

#6c6670

#6c686f

#6c696d

#6b6a6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.72:1

White text reads better on this background (5.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69696f · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#6a6a6e · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#6d6c6c · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6472;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6472]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6d6472 (#6d6472) is rgb(109, 100, 114) in RGB.

No, #6d6472 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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