#6b11ac

Color #6b11ac

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.53 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6b11ac

RGB

rgb(107, 17, 172)

HSL

hsl(274.8, 82%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.8, 90.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.8%, 90.1%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(30.65, 61.12, -62.27)

LCH

lch(30.65, 87.25, 314.47)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.2139, 303.71)

HWB

hwb(274.8, 6.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#52ac11

Analogous

#1d11ac

#6b11ac

#ac11a0

Triadic

#6b11ac

#ac6b11

#11ac6b

Split-complementary

#6b11ac

#a0ac11

#11ac1d

Tetradic

#6b11ac

#ac1152

#52ac11

#11ac6b

Square

#6b11ac

#ac1d11

#52ac11

#11a0ac

Shades

Color #6b11ac mixed toward black.

#590e8f

#470b73

#360956

#240639

#12031d

Tints

Color #6b11ac mixed toward white.

#8916dd

#a23cec

#b96df1

#d19ef5

#e8cefa

Tones

Color #6b11ac mixed toward gray.

#691e9f

#672b92

#653885

#634578

#61526c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.3:1

White text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535298 · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#565b93 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#698581 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b11ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b11ac]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6b11ac (#6b11ac) is rgb(107, 17, 172) in RGB.

No, #6b11ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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