#6E5BAA · Slate Blue

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#6E5BAA is a medium, muted purple color, closest to Slate Blue and near Slate Blue and Iris. In OKLCH it has 53% lightness and 0.12 chroma at hue 293°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #6E5BAA a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#6E5BAA
RGBrgb(110, 91, 170)
HSLhsl(254, 32%, 51%)
CMYK35, 46, 0, 33
CSS var--slate-blue
Contrast5.62:1 white · 3.74:1 black

Similar named colors

Slate Blue #6A5ACDIris #5A4FCFDusk #4E5481Plum #8E4585Lapis #26619C

How to use #6E5BAA

White text passes WCAG AA on #6E5BAA (5.62:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #6E5BAA with its analogous neighbors #5A6FAA and #955AAA; for contrast use its complement #97AA5A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--slate-blue: #6E5BAA;

Shades & tints

#161222#2C2444#423766#584988#6E5BAA#8B7CBB#A89DCC#C5BDDD#E2DEEE

Color harmonies for #6E5BAA

Complementary

#6E5BAA#97AA5A

Analogous

#6E5BAA#5A6FAA#955AAA

Triadic

#6E5BAA#AA6D5A#5AAA6D

Split complementary

#6E5BAA#AA955A#6FAA5A

Tetradic

#6E5BAA#AA5A6F#97AA5A#5AAA95

Palettes with #6E5BAA