#6e5e7d

Color #6e5e7d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6e5e7d

RGB

rgb(110, 94, 125)

HSL

hsl(271, 14.2%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271, 24.8%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 24.8%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(42.46, 12.91, -14.98)

LCH

lch(42.46, 19.78, 310.76)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0518, 308.02)

HWB

hwb(271, 36.9%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d7d5e

Analogous

#5e5e7d

#6e5e7d

#7d5e7c

Triadic

#6e5e7d

#7d6e5e

#5e7d6e

Split-complementary

#6e5e7d

#7c7d5e

#5e7d5e

Tetradic

#6e5e7d

#7d5e6d

#6d7d5e

#5e7d6e

Square

#6e5e7d

#7d5e5e

#6d7d5e

#5e7c7d

Shades

Color #6e5e7d mixed toward black.

#5c4e68

#493f53

#372f3e

#251f2a

#121015

Tints

Color #6e5e7d mixed toward white.

#867497

#9e90ac

#b7acc1

#cfc8d5

#e7e3ea

Tones

Color #6e5e7d mixed toward gray.

#6e607a

#6e6378

#6e6675

#6e6873

#6d6b70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.56:1

White text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676776 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#686a75 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#6d7170 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e5e7d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e5e7d]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#6e5e7d (#6e5e7d) is rgb(110, 94, 125) in RGB.

No, #6e5e7d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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