#6c5c96

Color #6c5c96

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.52 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6c5c96

RGB

rgb(108, 92, 150)

HSL

hsl(256.6, 24%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.6, 38.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28%, 38.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(42.83, 19.68, -29.5)

LCH

lch(42.83, 35.46, 303.71)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0912, 295.72)

HWB

hwb(256.6, 36.1%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86965c

Analogous

#5c6996

#6c5c96

#895c96

Triadic

#6c5c96

#966c5c

#5c966c

Split-complementary

#6c5c96

#96895c

#69965c

Tetradic

#6c5c96

#965c86

#86965c

#5c966c

Square

#6c5c96

#965c69

#86965c

#5c9689

Shades

Color #6c5c96 mixed toward black.

#5a4d7d

#483d64

#362e4b

#241f32

#120f19

Tints

Color #6c5c96 mixed toward white.

#8375aa

#9c90bb

#b5accc

#cec8dd

#e6e3ee

Tones

Color #6c5c96 mixed toward gray.

#6e6191

#70668d

#736b88

#756f83

#77747e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.61:1

White text reads better on this background (5.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65658b · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#666888 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#6b817f · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c5c96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c5c96]

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

#6c5c96 (#6c5c96) is rgb(108, 92, 150) in RGB.

No, #6c5c96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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