#6a5e75

Color #6a5e75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5e75

RGB

rgb(106, 94, 117)

HSL

hsl(271.3, 10.9%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.3, 19.7%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(41.77, 9.62, -11.2)

LCH

lch(41.77, 14.76, 310.66)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.0387, 308.5)

HWB

hwb(271.3, 36.9%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69755e

Analogous

#5f5e75

#6a5e75

#755e75

Triadic

#6a5e75

#756a5e

#5e756a

Split-complementary

#6a5e75

#75755e

#5e755f

Tetradic

#6a5e75

#755e69

#69755e

#5e756a

Square

#6a5e75

#755f5e

#69755e

#5e7575

Shades

Color #6a5e75 mixed toward black.

#584e62

#473f4e

#352f3b

#231f27

#121014

Tints

Color #6a5e75 mixed toward white.

#837590

#9c91a6

#b5acbc

#cdc8d3

#e6e3e9

Tones

Color #6a5e75 mixed toward gray.

#6a6073

#6a6271

#6a646f

#6a666d

#6a686b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.47:1

White text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656570 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#66676f · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#696c6b · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5e75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5e75]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#6a5e75 (#6a5e75) is rgb(106, 94, 117) in RGB.

No, #6a5e75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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