#6D597A · near Dusk

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#6D597A (RGB 109, 89, 122) is a medium, muted blue, closest to Dusk and near Slate Gray and Dove Gray. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #6D597A a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 50% lightness and 0.06 chroma at hue 312°.

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HEX#6D597A
RGBrgb(109, 89, 122)
HSLhsl(276, 16%, 41%)
CMYK11, 27, 0, 52
CSS var--dusk
Contrast6.25:1 white · 3.36:1 black

Similar named colors

Dusk #4E5481Slate Gray #5D6D7EDove Gray #6D6C6CStorm #4F666APlum #8E4585

How to use #6D597A

White text passes WCAG AA on #6D597A (6.25:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #6D597A with its analogous neighbors #5B5879 and #795876; for contrast use its complement #657958 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--dusk: #6D597A;

Color card

#6D597A hex color card: near Dusk, RGB 109, 89, 122
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Shades & tints

#161218#2C2431#413549#574762#6D597A#8A7A95#A79BAF#C5BDCA#E2DEE4

Color harmonies for #6D597A

Complementary

#6D597A#657958

Analogous

#6D597A#5B5879#795876

Triadic

#6D597A#796C58#58796C

Split complementary

#6D597A#767958#58795B

Tetradic

#6D597A#795B58#657958#587679

Palettes with #6D597A