#6d5853

Color #6d5853

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.12 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6d5853

RGB

rgb(109, 88, 83)

HSL

hsl(11.5, 13.5%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(11.5, 23.9%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 23.9%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(39.34, 7.76, 6.15)

LCH

lch(39.34, 9.9, 38.4)

OKLCH

oklch(48%, 0.029, 33.74)

HWB

hwb(11.5, 32.5%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53686d

Analogous

#6d535b

#6d5853

#6d6553

Triadic

#6d5853

#536d58

#58536d

Split-complementary

#6d5853

#536d65

#535b6d

Tetradic

#6d5853

#686d53

#53686d

#58536d

Square

#6d5853

#5b6d53

#53686d

#65536d

Shades

Color #6d5853 mixed toward black.

#5b4945

#493b37

#362c29

#241d1c

#120f0e

Tints

Color #6d5853 mixed toward white.

#8b706a

#a38c87

#baa9a5

#d1c6c3

#e8e2e1

Tones

Color #6d5853 mixed toward gray.

#6b5955

#695b57

#665c59

#645d5c

#625f5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.17:1

White text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656454 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#666755 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#6c5555 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d5853;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d5853]

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Salmon #fa8072

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Frequently asked questions

#6d5853 (#6d5853) is rgb(109, 88, 83) in RGB.

No, #6d5853 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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