#6a6560

Color #6a6560

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.9 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6560

RGB

rgb(106, 101, 96)

HSL

hsl(30, 5%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 9.4%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 9.4%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(43.09, 0.99, 3.53)

LCH

lch(43.09, 3.67, 74.33)

OKLCH

oklch(51%, 0.01, 67.77)

HWB

hwb(30, 37.6%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#60656a

Analogous

#6a6060

#6a6560

#6a6a60

Triadic

#6a6560

#606a65

#65606a

Split-complementary

#6a6560

#606a6a

#60606a

Tetradic

#6a6560

#656a60

#60656a

#65606a

Square

#6a6560

#606a60

#60656a

#6a606a

Shades

Color #6a6560 mixed toward black.

#585450

#474340

#353230

#232220

#121110

Tints

Color #6a6560 mixed toward white.

#857f78

#9d9893

#b6b2ae

#ceccc9

#e7e5e4

Tones

Color #6a6560 mixed toward gray.

#696561

#686562

#676563

#666564

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.64:1

White text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686861 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#686962 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#6a6262 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 3.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6560;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6560]

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Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#6a6560 (#6a6560) is rgb(106, 101, 96) in RGB.

No, #6a6560 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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