#6d5540

Color #6d5540

A muted dark orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 18.54 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6d5540

RGB

rgb(109, 85, 64)

HSL

hsl(28, 26%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(28, 41.3%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22%, 41.3%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(38.06, 6.77, 16.05)

LCH

lch(38.06, 17.42, 67.13)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.0452, 62.58)

HWB

hwb(28, 25.1%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#40586d

Analogous

#6d4041

#6d5540

#6d6b40

Triadic

#6d5540

#406d55

#55406d

Split-complementary

#6d5540

#406d6b

#40416d

Tetradic

#6d5540

#586d40

#40586d

#55406d

Square

#6d5540

#416d40

#40586d

#6b406d

Shades

Color #6d5540 mixed toward black.

#5b4735

#49392b

#362a20

#241c15

#120e0b

Tints

Color #6d5540 mixed toward white.

#907155

#ac8d71

#c1a995

#d5c6b8

#eae2dc

Tones

Color #6d5540 mixed toward gray.

#695544

#655547

#62564b

#5e564f

#5a5653

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.02:1

White text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636346 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#656747 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#6c4a4b · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 13.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d5540;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d5540]

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Frequently asked questions

#6d5540 (#6d5540) is rgb(109, 85, 64) in RGB.

No, #6d5540 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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