#6a38b3

Color #6a38b3

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 11.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a38b3

RGB

rgb(106, 56, 179)

HSL

hsl(264.4, 52.3%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.4, 68.7%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.8%, 68.7%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(36.27, 47.84, -57.29)

LCH

lch(36.27, 74.64, 309.86)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.1844, 297.45)

HWB

hwb(264.4, 22%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81b338

Analogous

#3844b3

#6a38b3

#a838b3

Triadic

#6a38b3

#b36a38

#38b36a

Split-complementary

#6a38b3

#b3a838

#44b338

Tetradic

#6a38b3

#b33881

#81b338

#38b36a

Square

#6a38b3

#b33844

#81b338

#38b3a8

Shades

Color #6a38b3 mixed toward black.

#582f95

#472577

#351c5a

#23133c

#12091e

Tints

Color #6a38b3 mixed toward white.

#8151c8

#9a73d3

#b496de

#cdb9e9

#e6dcf4

Tones

Color #6a38b3 mixed toward gray.

#6c42a9

#6e4d9f

#705794

#72618a

#746b80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.83:1

White text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5958a0 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#5b5e9b · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#688f8a · ΔE 36

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a38b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a38b3]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#6a38b3 (#6a38b3) is rgb(106, 56, 179) in RGB.

No, #6a38b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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