#6a6057

Color #6a6057

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.61 Nearest Tailwind class stone-600 #57534d · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6057

RGB

rgb(106, 96, 87)

HSL

hsl(28.4, 9.8%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(28.4, 17.9%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 17.9%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(41.4, 2.33, 6.59)

LCH

lch(41.4, 6.99, 70.53)

OKLCH

oklch(49.6%, 0.0191, 64.51)

HWB

hwb(28.4, 34.1%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57616a

Analogous

#6a5757

#6a6057

#6a6957

Triadic

#6a6057

#576a60

#60576a

Split-complementary

#6a6057

#576a69

#57576a

Tetradic

#6a6057

#616a57

#57616a

#60576a

Square

#6a6057

#576a57

#57616a

#69576a

Shades

Color #6a6057 mixed toward black.

#585048

#47403a

#35302b

#23201d

#12100e

Tints

Color #6a6057 mixed toward white.

#877a6f

#a0958b

#b7afa8

#cfcac5

#e7e4e2

Tones

Color #6a6057 mixed toward gray.

#686059

#67605a

#65605c

#64605d

#62605f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666659 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#66675a · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#6a5b5b · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 6.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6057;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6057]

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Frequently asked questions

#6a6057 (#6a6057) is rgb(106, 96, 87) in RGB.

No, #6a6057 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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