#6e5c75

Color #6e5c75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 17.02 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6e5c75

RGB

rgb(110, 92, 117)

HSL

hsl(283.2, 12%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.2, 21.4%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 21.4%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(41.62, 12.32, -11.4)

LCH

lch(41.62, 16.79, 317.22)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.0447, 316.45)

HWB

hwb(283.2, 36.1%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#63755c

Analogous

#625c75

#6e5c75

#755c70

Triadic

#6e5c75

#756e5c

#5c756e

Split-complementary

#6e5c75

#70755c

#5c7562

Tetradic

#6e5c75

#755c63

#63755c

#5c756e

Square

#6e5c75

#75625c

#63755c

#5c7075

Shades

Color #6e5c75 mixed toward black.

#5c4d62

#493d4e

#372e3b

#251f27

#120f14

Tints

Color #6e5c75 mixed toward white.

#887391

#a08fa7

#b8abbd

#cfc7d3

#e7e3e9

Tones

Color #6e5c75 mixed toward gray.

#6d5e73

#6c6071

#6b626f

#6a646d

#69666b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.45:1

White text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676770 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#68696e · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#6d6b6a · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e5c75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e5c75]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6e5c75 (#6e5c75) is rgb(110, 92, 117) in RGB.

No, #6e5c75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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