#6f617e

Color #6f617e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6f617e

RGB

rgb(111, 97, 126)

HSL

hsl(269, 13%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269, 23%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 23%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(43.41, 11.66, -14.14)

LCH

lch(43.41, 18.33, 309.51)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.0479, 306.68)

HWB

hwb(269, 38%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#707e61

Analogous

#61617e

#6f617e

#7d617e

Triadic

#6f617e

#7e6f61

#617e6f

Split-complementary

#6f617e

#7e7d61

#617e61

Tetradic

#6f617e

#7e6170

#707e61

#617e6f

Square

#6f617e

#7e6161

#707e61

#617e7d

Shades

Color #6f617e mixed toward black.

#5c5169

#4a4154

#37303f

#25202a

#121015

Tints

Color #6f617e mixed toward white.

#877897

#9f93ac

#b7aec1

#cfc9d5

#e7e4ea

Tones

Color #6f617e mixed toward gray.

#6f637c

#6f6679

#6f6877

#6f6b74

#6f6d72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.69:1

White text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696978 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#6a6b76 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#6e7371 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 14.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f617e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f617e]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#6f617e (#6f617e) is rgb(111, 97, 126) in RGB.

No, #6f617e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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