#6a5eaa

Color #6a5eaa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5eaa

RGB

rgb(106, 94, 170)

HSL

hsl(249.5, 30.9%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.5, 44.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 44.7%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(44.19, 23.37, -39.24)

LCH

lch(44.19, 45.67, 300.78)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.117, 289.01)

HWB

hwb(249.5, 36.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9eaa5e

Analogous

#5e78aa

#6a5eaa

#905eaa

Triadic

#6a5eaa

#aa6a5e

#5eaa6a

Split-complementary

#6a5eaa

#aa905e

#78aa5e

Tetradic

#6a5eaa

#aa5e9e

#9eaa5e

#5eaa6a

Square

#6a5eaa

#aa5e78

#9eaa5e

#5eaa90

Shades

Color #6a5eaa mixed toward black.

#574c90

#453d73

#342e56

#231e3a

#110f1d

Tints

Color #6a5eaa mixed toward white.

#8379b8

#9c94c6

#b5afd5

#cdc9e3

#e6e4f1

Tones

Color #6a5eaa mixed toward gray.

#6e64a4

#736b9d

#777197

#7b7791

#807e8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65659c · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#666798 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#698f8c · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5eaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5eaa]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a5eaa (#6a5eaa) is rgb(106, 94, 170) in RGB.

No, #6a5eaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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