#6e4e8a

Color #6e4e8a

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.88 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6e4e8a

RGB

rgb(110, 78, 138)

HSL

hsl(272, 27.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272, 43.5%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(38.9, 25.8, -28.41)

LCH

lch(38.9, 38.38, 312.24)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.0997, 307.63)

HWB

hwb(272, 30.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a8a4e

Analogous

#504e8a

#6e4e8a

#8a4e88

Triadic

#6e4e8a

#8a6e4e

#4e8a6e

Split-complementary

#6e4e8a

#888a4e

#4e8a50

Tetradic

#6e4e8a

#8a4e6a

#6a8a4e

#4e8a6e

Square

#6e4e8a

#8a504e

#6a8a4e

#4e888a

Shades

Color #6e4e8a mixed toward black.

#5c4173

#49345c

#372745

#251a2e

#120d17

Tints

Color #6e4e8a mixed toward white.

#8763a7

#9f82b8

#b7a1ca

#cfc0dc

#e7e0ed

Tones

Color #6e4e8a mixed toward gray.

#6e5385

#6d5880

#6d5d7b

#6d6276

#6c6771

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62617f · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#63667c · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#6d7572 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 22.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e4e8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e4e8a]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#6e4e8a (#6e4e8a) is rgb(110, 78, 138) in RGB.

No, #6e4e8a 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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