#6e5ed6

Color #6e5ed6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 3.05 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e5ed6

RGB

rgb(110, 94, 214)

HSL

hsl(248, 59.4%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 56.1%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.6%, 56.1%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(47.2, 37.19, -59.9)

LCH

lch(47.2, 70.51, 301.83)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.1773, 285.2)

HWB

hwb(248, 36.9%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6d65e

Analogous

#5e8ad6

#6e5ed6

#aa5ed6

Triadic

#6e5ed6

#d66e5e

#5ed66e

Split-complementary

#6e5ed6

#d6aa5e

#8ad65e

Tetradic

#6e5ed6

#d65ec6

#c6d65e

#5ed66e

Square

#6e5ed6

#d65e8a

#c6d65e

#5ed6aa

Shades

Color #6e5ed6 mixed toward black.

#4935cc

#3a2aa4

#2b1f7b

#1d1552

#0e0a29

Tints

Color #6e5ed6 mixed toward white.

#8679dd

#9e94e4

#b7afeb

#cfc9f1

#e7e4f8

Tones

Color #6e5ed6 mixed toward gray.

#7568cc

#7d72c2

#847cb8

#8b86ae

#9390a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.24:1

White text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6767c2 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#686abc · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#6dafab · ΔE 36.7

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e5ed6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e5ed6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e5ed6 (#6e5ed6) is rgb(110, 94, 214) in RGB.

No, #6e5ed6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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