#6b5a95

Color #6b5a95

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.56 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5a95

RGB

rgb(107, 90, 149)

HSL

hsl(257.3, 24.7%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.3, 39.6%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 39.6%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(42.17, 20.34, -29.95)

LCH

lch(42.17, 36.2, 304.18)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0931, 296.21)

HWB

hwb(257.3, 35.3%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84955a

Analogous

#5a6795

#6b5a95

#895a95

Triadic

#6b5a95

#956b5a

#5a956b

Split-complementary

#6b5a95

#95895a

#67955a

Tetradic

#6b5a95

#955a84

#84955a

#5a956b

Square

#6b5a95

#955a67

#84955a

#5a9589

Shades

Color #6b5a95 mixed toward black.

#594b7c

#473c63

#362d4b

#241e32

#120f19

Tints

Color #6b5a95 mixed toward white.

#8272aa

#9b8ebb

#b4abcc

#cdc7dd

#e6e3ee

Tones

Color #6b5a95 mixed toward gray.

#6d5f90

#6f648b

#716986

#736e81

#76737d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.52:1

White text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64648a · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#656687 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#6a807d · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5a95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5a95]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#6b5a95 (#6b5a95) is rgb(107, 90, 149) in RGB.

No, #6b5a95 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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