#6e0fad

Color #6e0fad

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 12.86 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e0fad

RGB

rgb(110, 15, 173)

HSL

hsl(276.1, 84%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.1, 91.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.4%, 91.3%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(31.05, 62.14, -62.2)

LCH

lch(31.05, 87.92, 314.97)

OKLCH

oklch(43.5%, 0.2164, 304.84)

HWB

hwb(276.1, 5.9%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4ead0f

Analogous

#1f0fad

#6e0fad

#ad0f9d

Triadic

#6e0fad

#ad6e0f

#0fad6e

Split-complementary

#6e0fad

#9dad0f

#0fad1f

Tetradic

#6e0fad

#ad0f4e

#4ead0f

#0fad6e

Square

#6e0fad

#ad1f0f

#4ead0f

#0f9dad

Shades

Color #6e0fad mixed toward black.

#5c0d90

#490a73

#370857

#25053a

#12031d

Tints

Color #6e0fad mixed toward white.

#8e13de

#a63aee

#bc6bf2

#d39cf6

#e9cefb

Tones

Color #6e0fad mixed toward gray.

#6b1ca0

#692993

#663786

#634478

#61516b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.33:1

White text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555499 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#595d94 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#6b8682 · ΔE 35.5

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e0fad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e0fad]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6e0fad (#6e0fad) is rgb(110, 15, 173) in RGB.

No, #6e0fad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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