#6f6a72

Color #6f6a72

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.3 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6a72

RGB

rgb(111, 106, 114)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 3.6%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 7%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(45.5, 3.58, -3.76)

LCH

lch(45.5, 5.19, 313.6)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.0137, 313.23)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 41.6%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d726a

Analogous

#6b6a72

#6f6a72

#726a71

Triadic

#6f6a72

#726f6a

#6a726f

Split-complementary

#6f6a72

#71726a

#6a726b

Tetradic

#6f6a72

#726a6d

#6d726a

#6a726f

Square

#6f6a72

#726b6a

#6d726a

#6a7172

Shades

Color #6f6a72 mixed toward black.

#5c585f

#4a474c

#373539

#252326

#121213

Tints

Color #6f6a72 mixed toward white.

#87828a

#9f9ba2

#b7b4b9

#cfcdd0

#e7e6e8

Tones

Color #6f6a72 mixed toward gray.

#6f6b71

#6e6c70

#6e6d6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d70 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#6d6e70 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#6f6f6e · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6a72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6a72]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6f6a72 (#6f6a72) is rgb(111, 106, 114) in RGB.

No, #6f6a72 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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