#6c685f

Color #6c685f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.64 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6c685f

RGB

rgb(108, 104, 95)

HSL

hsl(41.5, 6.4%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(41.5, 12%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 12%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(44.11, -0.17, 5.63)

LCH

lch(44.11, 5.63, 91.73)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.0147, 86.88)

HWB

hwb(41.5, 37.3%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f636c

Analogous

#6c615f

#6c685f

#696c5f

Triadic

#6c685f

#5f6c68

#685f6c

Split-complementary

#6c685f

#5f696c

#615f6c

Tetradic

#6c685f

#636c5f

#5f636c

#685f6c

Square

#6c685f

#5f6c61

#5f636c

#6c5f69

Shades

Color #6c685f mixed toward black.

#5a574f

#48453f

#36342f

#242320

#121110

Tints

Color #6c685f mixed toward white.

#878277

#9f9b92

#b7b4ad

#cfcdc9

#e7e6e4

Tones

Color #6c685f mixed toward gray.

#6b6860

#6a6761

#696762

#686663

#676664

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.78:1

White text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a61 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#6b6b62 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#6c6363 · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c685f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c685f]

Related colors

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Goldenrod #daa520

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#6c685f (#6c685f) is rgb(108, 104, 95) in RGB.

No, #6c685f 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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