#6f5ebd

Color #6f5ebd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6f5ebd

RGB

rgb(111, 94, 189)

HSL

hsl(250.7, 41.9%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.7, 50.3%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.3%, 50.3%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(45.71, 30.1, -47.9)

LCH

lch(45.71, 56.57, 302.14)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.1436, 288.94)

HWB

hwb(250.7, 36.9%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acbd5e

Analogous

#5e7dbd

#6f5ebd

#9e5ebd

Triadic

#6f5ebd

#bd6f5e

#5ebd6f

Split-complementary

#6f5ebd

#bd9e5e

#7dbd5e

Tetradic

#6f5ebd

#bd5eac

#acbd5e

#5ebd6f

Square

#6f5ebd

#bd5e7d

#acbd5e

#5ebd9e

Shades

Color #6f5ebd mixed toward black.

#5645a7

#453786

#342964

#221b43

#110e21

Tints

Color #6f5ebd mixed toward white.

#8779c8

#9f94d3

#b7aede

#cfc9e9

#e7e4f4

Tones

Color #6f5ebd mixed toward gray.

#7466b5

#796ead

#7e76a5

#837e9d

#888695

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.01:1

White text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6868ac · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#696aa8 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#6e9d99 · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f5ebd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f5ebd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6f5ebd (#6f5ebd) is rgb(111, 94, 189) in RGB.

No, #6f5ebd 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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