#6b6b65

Color #6b6b65

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.62 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6b6b65

RGB

rgb(107, 107, 101)

HSL

hsl(60, 2.9%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 5.6%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.6%, 58%)

LAB

lab(45.05, -1.2, 3.36)

LCH

lch(45.05, 3.57, 109.65)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.0092, 106.46)

HWB

hwb(60, 39.6%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#65656b

Analogous

#6b6865

#6b6b65

#686b65

Triadic

#6b6b65

#656b6b

#6b656b

Split-complementary

#6b6b65

#65686b

#68656b

Tetradic

#6b6b65

#656b65

#65656b

#6b656b

Square

#6b6b65

#656b68

#65656b

#6b6568

Shades

Color #6b6b65 mixed toward black.

#595954

#474743

#363633

#242422

#121211

Tints

Color #6b6b65 mixed toward white.

#85857e

#9d9d97

#b6b6b1

#cececb

#e7e7e5

Tones

Color #6b6b65 mixed toward gray.

#6b6b66

#6a6a66

#6a6a67

#696967

#696968

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.92:1

White text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b66 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#6b6b67 · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#6b6868 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 3.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b6b65;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b6b65]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6b6b65 (#6b6b65) is rgb(107, 107, 101) in RGB.

No, #6b6b65 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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