#6d617f

Color #6d617f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6d617f

RGB

rgb(109, 97, 127)

HSL

hsl(264, 13.4%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 23.6%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(43.26, 11.19, -14.99)

LCH

lch(43.26, 18.71, 306.74)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0487, 303)

HWB

hwb(264, 38%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#737f61

Analogous

#61647f

#6d617f

#7c617f

Triadic

#6d617f

#7f6d61

#617f6d

Split-complementary

#6d617f

#7f7c61

#647f61

Tetradic

#6d617f

#7f6173

#737f61

#617f6d

Square

#6d617f

#7f6164

#737f61

#617f7c

Shades

Color #6d617f mixed toward black.

#5b516a

#494155

#36303f

#24202a

#121015

Tints

Color #6d617f mixed toward white.

#857898

#9d93ac

#b6aec1

#cec9d6

#e7e4ea

Tones

Color #6d617f mixed toward gray.

#6d637c

#6e667a

#6e6877

#6f6b75

#6f6d72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686879 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#696a77 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#6c7372 · ΔE 18.2

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d617f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d617f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#6d617f (#6d617f) is rgb(109, 97, 127) in RGB.

No, #6d617f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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