#6e08aa

Color #6e08aa

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6e08aa

RGB

rgb(110, 8, 170)

HSL

hsl(277.8, 91%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.8, 95.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.3%, 95.3%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(30.38, 62.71, -61.5)

LCH

lch(30.38, 87.83, 315.56)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.2168, 305.96)

HWB

hwb(277.8, 3.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#44aa08

Analogous

#1d08aa

#6e08aa

#aa0895

Triadic

#6e08aa

#aa6e08

#08aa6e

Split-complementary

#6e08aa

#95aa08

#08aa1d

Tetradic

#6e08aa

#aa0844

#44aa08

#08aa6e

Square

#6e08aa

#aa1d08

#44aa08

#0895aa

Shades

Color #6e08aa mixed toward black.

#5c078e

#490571

#370455

#250339

#12011c

Tints

Color #6e08aa mixed toward white.

#900adf

#ab2cf5

#c060f8

#d595fa

#eacafd

Tones

Color #6e08aa mixed toward gray.

#6b169c

#67238f

#643181

#603e74

#5d4b66

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.28:1

White text reads better on this background (9.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545496 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#585d91 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#6b847f · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 29.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e08aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e08aa]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#6e08aa (#6e08aa) is rgb(110, 8, 170) in RGB.

No, #6e08aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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