#6b10aa

Color #6b10aa

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.73 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#6b10aa

RGB

rgb(107, 16, 170)

HSL

hsl(275.5, 82.8%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.5, 90.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.1%, 90.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(30.4, 60.91, -61.49)

LCH

lch(30.4, 86.55, 314.73)

OKLCH

oklch(42.8%, 0.2126, 304.33)

HWB

hwb(275.5, 6.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4faa10

Analogous

#1e10aa

#6b10aa

#aa109c

Triadic

#6b10aa

#aa6b10

#10aa6b

Split-complementary

#6b10aa

#9caa10

#10aa1e

Tetradic

#6b10aa

#aa104f

#4faa10

#10aa6b

Square

#6b10aa

#aa1e10

#4faa10

#109caa

Shades

Color #6b10aa mixed toward black.

#590d8e

#470b71

#360855

#240539

#12031c

Tints

Color #6b10aa mixed toward white.

#8a15db

#a33aec

#ba6bf1

#d19cf6

#e8cefa

Tones

Color #6b10aa mixed toward gray.

#691d9d

#662a90

#643784

#624377

#5f506a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.28:1

White text reads better on this background (9.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535296 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#565b91 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#69847f · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 29.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b10aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b10aa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b10aa (#6b10aa) is rgb(107, 16, 170) in RGB.

No, #6b10aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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