#6f5f76

Color #6f5f76

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6f5f76

RGB

rgb(111, 95, 118)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 10.8%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 19.5%, 46.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 53.7%)

LAB

lab(42.57, 11.08, -10.56)

LCH

lch(42.57, 15.31, 316.38)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0407, 315.5)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 37.3%, 53.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#66765f

Analogous

#645f76

#6f5f76

#765f72

Triadic

#6f5f76

#766f5f

#5f766f

Split-complementary

#6f5f76

#72765f

#5f7664

Tetradic

#6f5f76

#765f66

#66765f

#5f766f

Square

#6f5f76

#76645f

#66765f

#5f7276

Shades

Color #6f5f76 mixed toward black.

#5d4f62

#4a3f4f

#38303b

#252027

#131014

Tints

Color #6f5f76 mixed toward white.

#897691

#a091a7

#b8adbd

#d0c8d3

#e7e4e9

Tones

Color #6f5f76 mixed toward gray.

#6e6174

#6e6372

#6d6570

#6c676e

#6b696d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686871 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#696b70 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#6e6d6c · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f5f76;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f5f76]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6f5f76 (#6f5f76) is rgb(111, 95, 118) in RGB.

No, #6f5f76 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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