#6e597a

Color #6e597a

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 21.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e597a

RGB

rgb(110, 89, 122)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 15.6%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 27%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 27%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(41, 15.28, -15.39)

LCH

lch(41, 21.69, 314.79)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.0573, 313.02)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 34.9%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#657a59

Analogous

#5e597a

#6e597a

#7a5976

Triadic

#6e597a

#7a6e59

#597a6e

Split-complementary

#6e597a

#767a59

#597a5e

Tetradic

#6e597a

#7a5965

#657a59

#597a6e

Square

#6e597a

#7a5e59

#657a59

#59767a

Shades

Color #6e597a mixed toward black.

#5c4a66

#493b51

#372d3d

#251e29

#120f14

Tints

Color #6e597a mixed toward white.

#886f96

#a08cab

#b7a9c0

#cfc5d5

#e7e2ea

Tones

Color #6e597a mixed toward gray.

#6d5c77

#6d5f75

#6c6172

#6b646f

#6a676c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666573 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#676871 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#6d6d6c · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 16.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e597a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e597a]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6e597a (#6e597a) is rgb(110, 89, 122) in RGB.

No, #6e597a 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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