#6e6674

Color #6e6674

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6674

RGB

rgb(110, 102, 116)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 6.4%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 12.1%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(44.35, 6.03, -6.69)

LCH

lch(44.35, 9.01, 312.03)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.0237, 310.89)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 40%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c7466

Analogous

#676674

#6e6674

#746673

Triadic

#6e6674

#746e66

#66746e

Split-complementary

#6e6674

#737466

#667467

Tetradic

#6e6674

#74666c

#6c7466

#66746e

Square

#6e6674

#746766

#6c7466

#667374

Shades

Color #6e6674 mixed toward black.

#5c5561

#49444d

#37333a

#252227

#121113

Tints

Color #6e6674 mixed toward white.

#867d8d

#9e97a4

#b7b1bb

#cfcbd1

#e7e5e8

Tones

Color #6e6674 mixed toward gray.

#6e6773

#6e6872

#6d6970

#6d6b6f

#6d6c6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.82:1

White text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b71 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#6b6c70 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6674;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6674]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6e6674 (#6e6674) is rgb(110, 102, 116) in RGB.

No, #6e6674 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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