#6e616c

Color #6e616c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e616c

RGB

rgb(110, 97, 108)

HSL

hsl(309.2, 6.3%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(309.2, 11.8%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 1.8%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(42.68, 7.36, -4.31)

LCH

lch(42.68, 8.53, 329.65)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0235, 331.04)

HWB

hwb(309.2, 38%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#616e63

Analogous

#6a616e

#6e616c

#6e6166

Triadic

#6e616c

#6c6e61

#616c6e

Split-complementary

#6e616c

#666e61

#616e6a

Tetradic

#6e616c

#6e6361

#616e63

#616c6e

Square

#6e616c

#6e6a61

#616e63

#61666e

Shades

Color #6e616c mixed toward black.

#5c515a

#494148

#373136

#252024

#121012

Tints

Color #6e616c mixed toward white.

#897986

#a0949e

#b8aeb7

#d0c9cf

#e7e4e7

Tones

Color #6e616c mixed toward gray.

#6d626b

#6c636b

#6b646a

#6a6569

#696668

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.59:1

White text reads better on this background (5.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696869 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#696a69 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#6d6767 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e616c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e616c]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#6e616c (#6e616c) is rgb(110, 97, 108) in RGB.

No, #6e616c 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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