#6b5cae

Color #6b5cae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.17 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5cae

RGB

rgb(107, 92, 174)

HSL

hsl(251, 33.6%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251, 47.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 47.1%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(44, 26, -41.9)

LCH

lch(44, 49.31, 301.82)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.1257, 289.8)

HWB

hwb(251, 36.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fae5c

Analogous

#5c76ae

#6b5cae

#945cae

Triadic

#6b5cae

#ae6b5c

#5cae6b

Split-complementary

#6b5cae

#ae945c

#76ae5c

Tetradic

#6b5cae

#ae5c9f

#9fae5c

#5cae6b

Square

#6b5cae

#ae5c76

#9fae5c

#5cae94

Shades

Color #6b5cae mixed toward black.

#574a94

#463b77

#342c59

#231d3b

#110f1e

Tints

Color #6b5cae mixed toward white.

#8477bc

#9c92c9

#b5aed7

#cec9e4

#e6e4f2

Tones

Color #6b5cae mixed toward gray.

#6f63a7

#746aa0

#78719a

#7c7793

#817e8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.77:1

White text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65659f · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#66679b · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#6a928f · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5cae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5cae]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6b5cae (#6b5cae) is rgb(107, 92, 174) in RGB.

No, #6b5cae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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