#6d38c7

Color #6d38c7

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.88 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6d38c7

RGB

rgb(109, 56, 199)

HSL

hsl(262.2, 56.1%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.2, 71.9%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(38.2, 53.64, -65.87)

LCH

lch(38.2, 84.95, 309.16)

OKLCH

oklch(49.1%, 0.2072, 294.4)

HWB

hwb(262.2, 22%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92c738

Analogous

#384bc7

#6d38c7

#b438c7

Triadic

#6d38c7

#c76d38

#38c76d

Split-complementary

#6d38c7

#c7b438

#4bc738

Tetradic

#6d38c7

#c73892

#92c738

#38c76d

Square

#6d38c7

#c7384b

#92c738

#38c7b4

Shades

Color #6d38c7 mixed toward black.

#5b2fa6

#492585

#361c64

#241342

#120921

Tints

Color #6d38c7 mixed toward white.

#8559d0

#9e7ada

#b69be3

#cebdec

#e7def6

Tones

Color #6d38c7 mixed toward gray.

#7044bb

#7350af

#765ca3

#796897

#7c748b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.04:1

White text reads better on this background (6.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5ab2 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#5d61ac · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#6b9e99 · ΔE 39.7

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 29.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d38c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d38c7]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#6d38c7 (#6d38c7) is rgb(109, 56, 199) in RGB.

No, #6d38c7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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