#6f657e

Color #6f657e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.22 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6f657e

RGB

rgb(111, 101, 126)

HSL

hsl(264, 11%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 19.8%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(44.51, 9.23, -12.47)

LCH

lch(44.51, 15.51, 306.51)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0404, 303.3)

HWB

hwb(264, 39.6%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#747e65

Analogous

#65677e

#6f657e

#7b657e

Triadic

#6f657e

#7e6f65

#657e6f

Split-complementary

#6f657e

#7e7b65

#677e65

Tetradic

#6f657e

#7e6574

#747e65

#657e6f

Square

#6f657e

#7e6567

#747e65

#657e7b

Shades

Color #6f657e mixed toward black.

#5c5469

#4a4354

#37323f

#25222a

#121115

Tints

Color #6f657e mixed toward white.

#867c96

#9f96ab

#b7b0c0

#cfcbd5

#e7e5ea

Tones

Color #6f657e mixed toward gray.

#6f677c

#70697a

#706b78

#716d76

#716f74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b79 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#6b6c77 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#6f7473 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f657e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f657e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#6f657e (#6f657e) is rgb(111, 101, 126) in RGB.

No, #6f657e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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