#6a5173

Color #6a5173

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.86 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5173

RGB

rgb(106, 81, 115)

HSL

hsl(284.1, 17.3%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.1, 29.6%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(38.18, 17.18, -15.44)

LCH

lch(38.18, 23.1, 318.05)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.0616, 316.97)

HWB

hwb(284.1, 31.8%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a7351

Analogous

#595173

#6a5173

#73516b

Triadic

#6a5173

#736a51

#51736a

Split-complementary

#6a5173

#6b7351

#517359

Tetradic

#6a5173

#73515a

#5a7351

#51736a

Square

#6a5173

#735951

#5a7351

#516b73

Shades

Color #6a5173 mixed toward black.

#584360

#47364d

#352839

#231b26

#120d13

Tints

Color #6a5173 mixed toward white.

#866792

#9f84a8

#b7a3be

#cfc2d4

#e7e0e9

Tones

Color #6a5173 mixed toward gray.

#695470

#67576d

#66596a

#655c68

#635f65

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.04:1

White text reads better on this background (6.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#60606c · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#62636a · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#696665 · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5173;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5173]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6a5173 (#6a5173) is rgb(106, 81, 115) in RGB.

No, #6a5173 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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