#6f5f7b

Color #6f5f7b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6f5f7b

RGB

rgb(111, 95, 123)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 12.8%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 22.8%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 22.8%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(42.75, 12.2, -13.32)

LCH

lch(42.75, 18.06, 312.49)

OKLCH

oklch(51.1%, 0.0475, 310.47)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 37.3%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b7b5f

Analogous

#615f7b

#6f5f7b

#7b5f79

Triadic

#6f5f7b

#7b6f5f

#5f7b6f

Split-complementary

#6f5f7b

#797b5f

#5f7b61

Tetradic

#6f5f7b

#7b5f6b

#6b7b5f

#5f7b6f

Square

#6f5f7b

#7b615f

#6b7b5f

#5f797b

Shades

Color #6f5f7b mixed toward black.

#5c4f66

#4a3f52

#372f3d

#252029

#121014

Tints

Color #6f5f7b mixed toward white.

#877695

#9f91aa

#b7adbf

#cfc8d5

#e7e4ea

Tones

Color #6f5f7b mixed toward gray.

#6f6178

#6e6476

#6e6674

#6e6872

#6d6b6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.6:1

White text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686875 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#696b73 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#6e706f · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 14.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f5f7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f5f7b]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6f5f7b (#6f5f7b) is rgb(111, 95, 123) in RGB.

No, #6f5f7b 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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