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#6E55BE Color

#6E55BE is rgb(110, 85, 190) in RGB, hsl(254, 45%, 54%) in HSL, and about cmyk(42%, 55%, 0%, 25%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Slate Blue (#6A5ACD), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 6.26. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#6E55BE
HEX#6E55BE
RGBrgb(110, 85, 190)
HSLhsl(254, 45%, 54%)
HSVhsv(254, 55%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(42%, 55%, 0%, 25%)
OKLCHoklch(52.8% 0.158 291)
LABlab(42.92% 30.02 -52.69)
LCHlch(42.92% 60.64 299.67)

What #6E55BE Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #6E55BE, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Slate Blue#6A5ACDΔE 6.26Plump Purple#5946B2ΔE 7.15Royal Purple#7851A9ΔE 10.93Medium Purple#9370DBΔE 11.84Amethyst#9966CCΔE 13Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC8ΔE 13.66

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every blue in the library.

#6E55BE Channel Values

How #6E55BE breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 110 · G 85 · B 1908-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 254° · S 45% · L 54%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 254° · S 55% · V 75%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 42% · M 55% · Y 0% · K 25%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance5.67:1 vs white · 3.71:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #6E55BE background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text5.67:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text3.71:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #6E55BE in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #6E55BE

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #6E55BE; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#6E55BE
Complementary
#A6BE55
Analogous
#5571BE
Analogous
#A255BE
Triadic
#BE6E55
Triadic
#55BE6E
Split comp.
#BEA255
Split comp.
#71BE55

Tints & Shades of #6E55BE

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#816BC7
#9785D1
#AA9BD9
#BDB1E2
#D0C8EA
#E6E1F4

Shades

#5B42AE
#4E3894
#402E7A
#30235C
#231943
#150F29

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #6E55BE.

How #6E55BE Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#6E55BE
Protanopia#5A5ABE
Protanomaly#6358BE
Deuteranopia#5E5EBE
Deuteranomaly#655BBE
Tritanopia#5A6A6A
Tritanomaly#636293
Achromatopsia#676767

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Using #6E55BE in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-6e55be: #6E55BE;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #6E55BE;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-6e55be': '#6E55BE' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.431, green: 0.333, blue: 0.745)
Android XML<color name="color_6e55be">#6E55BE</color>
SVG fillfill="#6E55BE"

More Blue Colors

#6E55BE sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

000024fafaff00002ef9fafb000033f8fafc000038f8f8ff000042f5faff000047f5f5ff002147007dfa0f52ba1c39bb2a3439372aac4e3cc364609a7abdff979aaab8dbffd6d6ff

#6E55BE Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #6E55BE?

#6E55BE is a mid-tone blue — rgb(110, 85, 190) in RGB and hsl(254, 45%, 54%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Slate Blue (#6A5ACD), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 6.26.

What is the RGB value of #6E55BE?

#6E55BE is rgb(110, 85, 190) — red 110, green 85, and blue 190 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #6E55BE?

#6E55BE converts to approximately cmyk(42%, 55%, 0%, 25%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #6E55BE be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #6E55BE scores 5.67:1 against white and 3.71:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #6E55BE as a CSS color keyword?

No. #6E55BE is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is slateblue (#6A5ACD) at a CIE76 distance of 6.26, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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