#6e2697

Color #6e2697

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 7.5 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e2697

RGB

rgb(110, 38, 151)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 59.8%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 74.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(31.66, 50.24, -47.88)

LCH

lch(31.66, 69.4, 316.38)

OKLCH

oklch(43.3%, 0.1771, 309.98)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 14.9%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4f9726

Analogous

#352697

#6e2697

#972688

Triadic

#6e2697

#976e26

#26976e

Split-complementary

#6e2697

#889726

#269735

Tetradic

#6e2697

#97264f

#4f9726

#26976e

Square

#6e2697

#973526

#4f9726

#268897

Shades

Color #6e2697 mixed toward black.

#5c207e

#491965

#37134c

#250d32

#120619

Tints

Color #6e2697 mixed toward white.

#8d31c2

#a654d4

#bc7fdf

#d2aaea

#e9d4f4

Tones

Color #6e2697 mixed toward gray.

#6b2f8e

#693984

#66427b

#644c71

#615568

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.39:1

White text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585786 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#5b5f82 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#6c7773 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e2697;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e2697]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6e2697 (#6e2697) is rgb(110, 38, 151) in RGB.

No, #6e2697 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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