#6e5b91

Color #6e5b91

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.16 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6e5b91

RGB

rgb(110, 91, 145)

HSL

hsl(261.1, 22.9%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.1, 37.2%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.1%, 37.2%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(42.52, 19.62, -26.97)

LCH

lch(42.52, 33.35, 306.03)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.0861, 299.51)

HWB

hwb(261.1, 35.7%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e915b

Analogous

#5b6391

#6e5b91

#895b91

Triadic

#6e5b91

#916e5b

#5b916e

Split-complementary

#6e5b91

#91895b

#63915b

Tetradic

#6e5b91

#915b7e

#7e915b

#5b916e

Square

#6e5b91

#915b63

#7e915b

#5b9189

Shades

Color #6e5b91 mixed toward black.

#5c4c79

#493d61

#372e49

#251e30

#120f18

Tints

Color #6e5b91 mixed toward white.

#8573a7

#9e8fb9

#b6abca

#cec7dc

#e7e3ed

Tones

Color #6e5b91 mixed toward gray.

#6f608d

#716488

#726984

#736d7f

#75727b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666686 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#676984 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#6d7d7b · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e5b91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e5b91]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#6e5b91 (#6e5b91) is rgb(110, 91, 145) in RGB.

No, #6e5b91 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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