#6f5a79

Color #6f5a79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 20.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#6f5a79

RGB

rgb(111, 90, 121)

HSL

hsl(280.6, 14.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.6, 25.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(41.33, 14.8, -14.26)

LCH

lch(41.33, 20.55, 316.06)

OKLCH

oklch(50%, 0.0545, 314.78)

HWB

hwb(280.6, 35.3%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#64795a

Analogous

#605a79

#6f5a79

#795a74

Triadic

#6f5a79

#796f5a

#5a796f

Split-complementary

#6f5a79

#74795a

#5a7960

Tetradic

#6f5a79

#795a64

#64795a

#5a796f

Square

#6f5a79

#79605a

#64795a

#5a7479

Shades

Color #6f5a79 mixed toward black.

#5d4b65

#4a3c51

#382d3d

#251e28

#130f14

Tints

Color #6f5a79 mixed toward white.

#897095

#a18daa

#b8a9bf

#d0c6d5

#e7e2ea

Tones

Color #6f5a79 mixed toward gray.

#6e5d77

#6d5f74

#6c6271

#6b646f

#6a676c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676672 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#686971 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#6e6d6c · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 16.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f5a79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f5a79]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#6f5a79 (#6f5a79) is rgb(111, 90, 121) in RGB.

No, #6f5a79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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