#6e1b8c

Color #6e1b8c

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 10.08 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6e1b8c

RGB

rgb(110, 27, 140)

HSL

hsl(284.1, 67.7%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.1, 80.7%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(29.39, 52.03, -44.78)

LCH

lch(29.39, 68.65, 319.28)

OKLCH

oklch(41.5%, 0.1785, 314.86)

HWB

hwb(284.1, 10.6%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#398c1b

Analogous

#351b8c

#6e1b8c

#8c1b71

Triadic

#6e1b8c

#8c6e1b

#1b8c6e

Split-complementary

#6e1b8c

#718c1b

#1b8c35

Tetradic

#6e1b8c

#8c1b39

#398c1b

#1b8c6e

Square

#6e1b8c

#8c351b

#398c1b

#1b718c

Shades

Color #6e1b8c mixed toward black.

#5c1675

#49125d

#370d46

#25092f

#120417

Tints

Color #6e1b8c mixed toward white.

#9424bc

#b13fda

#c46fe3

#d89fed

#ebcff6

Tones

Color #6e1b8c mixed toward gray.

#692482

#652e79

#613770

#5c4166

#584a5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.2:1

White text reads better on this background (9.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#56557c · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#5a5e78 · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#6c6d6a · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e1b8c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e1b8c]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6e1b8c (#6e1b8c) is rgb(110, 27, 140) in RGB.

No, #6e1b8c 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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