#6e6575

Color #6e6575

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6575

RGB

rgb(110, 101, 117)

HSL

hsl(273.8, 7.3%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.8, 13.7%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 13.7%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(44.1, 6.85, -7.67)

LCH

lch(44.1, 10.28, 311.77)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.0271, 310.51)

HWB

hwb(273.8, 39.6%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c7565

Analogous

#666575

#6e6575

#756574

Triadic

#6e6575

#756e65

#65756e

Split-complementary

#6e6575

#747565

#657566

Tetradic

#6e6575

#75656c

#6c7565

#65756e

Square

#6e6575

#756665

#6c7565

#657475

Shades

Color #6e6575 mixed toward black.

#5c5461

#49434e

#37323a

#252227

#121113

Tints

Color #6e6575 mixed toward white.

#867c8e

#9e96a5

#b7b1bb

#cfcbd2

#e7e5e8

Tones

Color #6e6575 mixed toward gray.

#6e6674

#6e6872

#6d6971

#6d6a70

#6d6c6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.78:1

White text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a71 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#6b6b70 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6575;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6575]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#6e6575 (#6e6575) is rgb(110, 101, 117) in RGB.

No, #6e6575 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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