#6a3ed9

Color #6a3ed9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 15.05 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6a3ed9

RGB

rgb(106, 62, 217)

HSL

hsl(257, 67.1%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257, 71.4%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(40.44, 55.04, -72.63)

LCH

lch(40.44, 91.13, 307.16)

OKLCH

oklch(51.1%, 0.2208, 289.12)

HWB

hwb(257, 24.3%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#add93e

Analogous

#3e60d9

#6a3ed9

#b73ed9

Triadic

#6a3ed9

#d96a3e

#3ed96a

Split-complementary

#6a3ed9

#d9b73e

#60d93e

Tetradic

#6a3ed9

#d93ead

#add93e

#3ed96a

Square

#6a3ed9

#d93e60

#add93e

#3ed9b7

Shades

Color #6a3ed9 mixed toward black.

#5226c2

#421f9b

#311775

#210f4e

#100827

Tints

Color #6a3ed9 mixed toward white.

#835edf

#9c7ee6

#b49eec

#cdbff2

#e6dff9

Tones

Color #6a3ed9 mixed toward gray.

#6f4bcc

#7558bf

#7b65b2

#8072a5

#867f98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.3:1

White text reads better on this background (6.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5ac2 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#5c5fbc · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#68aca7 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 29.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a3ed9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a3ed9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#6a3ed9 (#6a3ed9) is rgb(106, 62, 217) in RGB.

No, #6a3ed9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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