#685f5f

Color #685f5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.03 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#685f5f

RGB

rgb(104, 95, 95)

HSL

hsl(0, 4.5%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 8.7%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 8.7%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(41.14, 3.59, 1.3)

LCH

lch(41.14, 3.82, 19.91)

OKLCH

oklch(49.4%, 0.0115, 17.65)

HWB

hwb(0, 37.3%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f6868

Analogous

#685f63

#685f5f

#68635f

Triadic

#685f5f

#5f685f

#5f5f68

Split-complementary

#685f5f

#5f6863

#5f6368

Tetradic

#685f5f

#68685f

#5f6868

#5f5f68

Square

#685f5f

#63685f

#5f6868

#635f68

Shades

Color #685f5f mixed toward black.

#574f4f

#453f3f

#342f2f

#232020

#111010

Tints

Color #685f5f mixed toward white.

#837878

#9c9393

#b5aeae

#cdc9c9

#e6e4e4

Tones

Color #685f5f mixed toward gray.

#676060

#666060

#666161

#656262

#646363

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.39:1

White text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64645f · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#65655f · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#685f5f · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 4.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #685f5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685f5f]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#685f5f (#685f5f) is rgb(104, 95, 95) in RGB.

No, #685f5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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