#6f00a7

Color #6f00a7

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.65 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6f00a7

RGB

rgb(111, 0, 167)

HSL

hsl(279.9, 100%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.9, 100%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 100%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(29.84, 63.49, -60.57)

LCH

lch(29.84, 87.75, 316.35)

OKLCH

oklch(42.5%, 0.2178, 307.54)

HWB

hwb(279.9, 0%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#38a700

Analogous

#1c00a7

#6f00a7

#a7008b

Triadic

#6f00a7

#a76f00

#00a76f

Split-complementary

#6f00a7

#8ba700

#00a71c

Tetradic

#6f00a7

#a70038

#38a700

#00a76f

Square

#6f00a7

#a71c00

#38a700

#008ba7

Shades

Color #6f00a7 mixed toward black.

#5c008b

#4a006f

#370053

#250038

#12001c

Tints

Color #6f00a7 mixed toward white.

#9500e0

#b21aff

#c653ff

#d98dff

#ecc6ff

Tones

Color #6f00a7 mixed toward gray.

#6a0e99

#661c8b

#612a7d

#5d386f

#584561

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.23:1

White text reads better on this background (9.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555493 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#595e8e · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#6c817c · ΔE 35.7

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f00a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f00a7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6f00a7 (#6f00a7) is rgb(111, 0, 167) in RGB.

No, #6f00a7 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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