#6e5e5e

Color #6e5e5e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.5 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e5e5e

RGB

rgb(110, 94, 94)

HSL

hsl(0, 7.8%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 14.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(41.42, 6.45, 2.39)

LCH

lch(41.42, 6.88, 20.33)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.0208, 17.91)

HWB

hwb(0, 36.9%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e6e6e

Analogous

#6e5e66

#6e5e5e

#6e665e

Triadic

#6e5e5e

#5e6e5e

#5e5e6e

Split-complementary

#6e5e5e

#5e6e66

#5e666e

Tetradic

#6e5e5e

#6e6e5e

#5e6e6e

#5e5e6e

Square

#6e5e5e

#666e5e

#5e6e6e

#665e6e

Shades

Color #6e5e5e mixed toward black.

#5c4e4e

#493f3f

#372f2f

#251f1f

#121010

Tints

Color #6e5e5e mixed toward white.

#897676

#a19191

#b8adad

#d0c8c8

#e7e4e4

Tones

Color #6e5e5e mixed toward gray.

#6d5f5f

#6b6161

#6a6262

#696363

#676565

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.43:1

White text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#67675e · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#686a5e · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#6d5e5e · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 8.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e5e5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e5e5e]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#6e5e5e (#6e5e5e) is rgb(110, 94, 94) in RGB.

No, #6e5e5e 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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