#6e6175

Color #6e6175

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6175

RGB

rgb(110, 97, 117)

HSL

hsl(279, 9.3%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279, 17.1%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 17.1%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(42.99, 9.27, -9.33)

LCH

lch(42.99, 13.15, 314.82)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.0348, 313.84)

HWB

hwb(279, 38%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#687561

Analogous

#646175

#6e6175

#756172

Triadic

#6e6175

#756e61

#61756e

Split-complementary

#6e6175

#727561

#617564

Tetradic

#6e6175

#756168

#687561

#61756e

Square

#6e6175

#756461

#687561

#617275

Shades

Color #6e6175 mixed toward black.

#5c5162

#49414e

#37313b

#252027

#121014

Tints

Color #6e6175 mixed toward white.

#87788f

#9f93a6

#b7aebc

#cfc9d2

#e7e4e9

Tones

Color #6e6175 mixed toward gray.

#6e6373

#6d6472

#6d6670

#6c686e

#6c696d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696871 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#696a6f · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#6d6d6c · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 12.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6175;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6175]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6e6175 (#6e6175) is rgb(110, 97, 117) in RGB.

No, #6e6175 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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