HEX Color #6D2C6D (Darkslateblue)

About #6D2C6D

When working with digital screens, the color #6D2C6D is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Darkslateblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 109 red, 44 green, and 109 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 60% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 300.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#6D2C6D

RGB109, 44, 109

HSL300.0°, 42.5%, 30.0%

CMYK0%, 60%, 0%, 57%

HSV300.0°, 59.6%, 42.7%

LAB29.8, 38.4, -24.6

XYZ10.0, 6.2, 15.1

Decimal7154797

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#6D2C6D #2C6D2C

Analogous

#4C2C6D #6D2C4C

Triadic

#6C6D2C #2C6C6D

Tetradic

#6D4C2C #2C6D2C #2C4C6D

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#6D2C6D

#7D437D

#8D5A8D

#9D729D

#AD89AD

#BEA1BE

#CEB8CE

#DED0DE

#EEE7EE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#6D2C6D

#602760

#542254

#481D48

#3C183C

#301330

#240E24

#180918

#0C040C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.41:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.23:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

9.00:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.90:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #6D2C6D; }

.text-color { color: #6D2C6D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #6D2C6D; }

Similar Colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B