#6f596c

Color #6f596c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6f596c

RGB

rgb(111, 89, 108)

HSL

hsl(308.2, 11%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(308.2, 19.8%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 2.7%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(40.59, 12.62, -7.42)

LCH

lch(40.59, 14.64, 329.55)

OKLCH

oklch(49.3%, 0.0406, 330.78)

HWB

hwb(308.2, 34.9%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#596f5c

Analogous

#67596f

#6f596c

#6f5961

Triadic

#6f596c

#6c6f59

#596c6f

Split-complementary

#6f596c

#616f59

#596f67

Tetradic

#6f596c

#6f5c59

#596f5c

#596c6f

Square

#6f596c

#6f6759

#596f5c

#59616f

Shades

Color #6f596c mixed toward black.

#5c4a5a

#4a3b48

#372c36

#251e24

#120f12

Tints

Color #6f596c mixed toward white.

#8c7088

#a38ca0

#baa9b8

#d1c6cf

#e8e2e7

Tones

Color #6f596c mixed toward gray.

#6d5b6b

#6b5d69

#695e68

#686067

#666265

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.32:1

White text reads better on this background (6.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666668 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#676967 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#6e6464 · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f596c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f596c]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#6f596c (#6f596c) is rgb(111, 89, 108) in RGB.

No, #6f596c 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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