#6a5f72

Color #6a5f72

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 12.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5f72

RGB

rgb(106, 95, 114)

HSL

hsl(274.7, 9.1%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.7, 16.7%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 16.7%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(41.94, 8.34, -9.11)

LCH

lch(41.94, 12.35, 312.47)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.0325, 311.14)

HWB

hwb(274.7, 37.3%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67725f

Analogous

#615f72

#6a5f72

#725f71

Triadic

#6a5f72

#726a5f

#5f726a

Split-complementary

#6a5f72

#71725f

#5f7261

Tetradic

#6a5f72

#725f67

#67725f

#5f726a

Square

#6a5f72

#72615f

#67725f

#5f7172

Shades

Color #6a5f72 mixed toward black.

#584f5f

#473f4c

#353039

#232026

#121013

Tints

Color #6a5f72 mixed toward white.

#83768d

#9c92a4

#b5adbb

#cec8d1

#e6e4e8

Tones

Color #6a5f72 mixed toward gray.

#6a6170

#6a626f

#69646d

#69656c

#69676a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.49:1

White text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65656e · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#66676d · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#696a6a · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5f72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5f72]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6a5f72 (#6a5f72) is rgb(106, 95, 114) in RGB.

No, #6a5f72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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