HEX Color #6D335F (Darkslateblue)

About #6D335F

The precise color #6D335F is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkslateblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 109 red, 51 green, and 95 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). The color uses 0% Cyan, 53% Magenta, 13% Yellow, and 57% Black. The HSL representation is 314.5° hue, 36.2% saturation, and 31.4% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#6D335F

RGB109, 51, 95

HSL314.5°, 36.2%, 31.4%

CMYK0%, 53%, 13%, 57%

HSV314.5°, 53.2%, 42.7%

LAB30.5, 32.0, -14.5

XYZ9.6, 6.4, 11.6

Decimal7156575

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#6D335F #336C41

Analogous

#5E336C #6C3341

Triadic

#5E6C33 #335E6C

Tetradic

#6C5D33 #336C41 #33416C

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#6D335F

#7D4970

#8D6082

#9D7794

#AD8DA6

#BEA4B7

#CEBBC9

#DED1DB

#EEE8ED

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#6D335F

#602D54

#542749

#48223F

#3C1C34

#30162A

#24111F

#180B15

#0C050A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.17:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.29:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

8.77:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.95:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #6D335F; }

.text-color { color: #6D335F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #6D335F; }

Similar Colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B