#6e4e99

Color #6e4e99

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e4e99

RGB

rgb(110, 78, 153)

HSL

hsl(265.6, 32.5%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.6, 49%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.1%, 49%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(39.69, 29.59, -36.24)

LCH

lch(39.69, 46.79, 309.23)

OKLCH

oklch(49.2%, 0.1197, 301.86)

HWB

hwb(265.6, 30.6%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79994e

Analogous

#4e5399

#6e4e99

#944e99

Triadic

#6e4e99

#996e4e

#4e996e

Split-complementary

#6e4e99

#99944e

#53994e

Tetradic

#6e4e99

#994e79

#79994e

#4e996e

Square

#6e4e99

#994e53

#79994e

#4e9994

Shades

Color #6e4e99 mixed toward black.

#5c4180

#493466

#37274d

#251a33

#120d1a

Tints

Color #6e4e99 mixed toward white.

#8565b1

#9e84c0

#b6a3d0

#cec1e0

#e7e0ef

Tones

Color #6e4e99 mixed toward gray.

#6f5493

#705a8d

#716186

#726780

#736d7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.21:1

White text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62618b · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#636688 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#6d7f7d · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e4e99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e4e99]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6e4e99 (#6e4e99) is rgb(110, 78, 153) in RGB.

No, #6e4e99 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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