#6e555e

Color #6e555e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark pink.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 13.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e555e

RGB

rgb(110, 85, 94)

HSL

hsl(338.4, 12.8%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(338.4, 22.7%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 14.5%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(38.93, 11.94, -1.23)

LCH

lch(38.93, 12, 354.12)

OKLCH

oklch(47.8%, 0.0356, 355.01)

HWB

hwb(338.4, 33.3%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#556e65

Analogous

#6e556a

#6e555e

#6e5855

Triadic

#6e555e

#5e6e55

#555e6e

Split-complementary

#6e555e

#556e58

#556a6e

Tetradic

#6e555e

#6e6555

#556e65

#555e6e

Square

#6e555e

#6a6e55

#556e65

#58556e

Shades

Color #6e555e mixed toward black.

#5c474e

#49393f

#372a2f

#251c1f

#120e10

Tints

Color #6e555e mixed toward white.

#8c6c77

#a38892

#baa6ad

#d1c4c9

#e8e1e4

Tones

Color #6e555e mixed toward gray.

#6c575f

#6a595f

#685b60

#665d60

#635f61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64645c · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#66675b · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#6d5a5a · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e555e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e555e]

Related colors

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Crimson #dc143c

Deep Pink #ff1493

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#6e555e (#6e555e) is rgb(110, 85, 94) in RGB.

No, #6e555e 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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