#6b5656

Color #6b5656

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.9 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5656

RGB

rgb(107, 86, 86)

HSL

hsl(0, 10.9%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 19.6%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 19.6%, 58%)

LAB

lab(38.64, 8.65, 3.27)

LCH

lch(38.64, 9.25, 20.71)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.0279, 18.18)

HWB

hwb(0, 33.7%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#566b6b

Analogous

#6b5660

#6b5656

#6b6056

Triadic

#6b5656

#566b56

#56566b

Split-complementary

#6b5656

#566b60

#56606b

Tetradic

#6b5656

#6b6b56

#566b6b

#56566b

Square

#6b5656

#606b56

#566b6b

#60566b

Shades

Color #6b5656 mixed toward black.

#594848

#473939

#352b2b

#241d1d

#120e0e

Tints

Color #6b5656 mixed toward white.

#886d6d

#a18a8a

#b8a7a7

#d0c4c4

#e7e2e2

Tones

Color #6b5656 mixed toward gray.

#695858

#675959

#665b5b

#645d5d

#625f5f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.09:1

White text reads better on this background (6.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636256 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#646556 · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#6a5656 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5656;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5656]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#6b5656 (#6b5656) is rgb(107, 86, 86) in RGB.

No, #6b5656 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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