#6f6b71

Color #6f6b71

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 4.16 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6b71

RGB

rgb(111, 107, 113)

HSL

hsl(280, 2.7%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 5.3%, 44.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 55.7%)

LAB

lab(45.75, 2.78, -2.79)

LCH

lch(45.75, 3.94, 314.9)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.0104, 314.61)

HWB

hwb(280, 42%, 55.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d716b

Analogous

#6c6b71

#6f6b71

#716b70

Triadic

#6f6b71

#716f6b

#6b716f

Split-complementary

#6f6b71

#70716b

#6b716c

Tetradic

#6f6b71

#716b6d

#6d716b

#6b716f

Square

#6f6b71

#716c6b

#6d716b

#6b7071

Shades

Color #6f6b71 mixed toward black.

#5c595e

#4a474b

#373538

#252426

#121213

Tints

Color #6f6b71 mixed toward white.

#878389

#9f9ca1

#b7b4b8

#cfcdd0

#e7e6e7

Tones

Color #6f6b71 mixed toward gray.

#6f6b70

#6f6c70

#6e6c6f

#6e6d6f

#6e6d6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

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

#6d6d70 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#6e6e6f · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#6f6e6e · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 4.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6b71;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6b71]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6f6b71 (#6f6b71) is rgb(111, 107, 113) in RGB.

No, #6f6b71 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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