#6e685e

Color #6e685e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.5 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e685e

RGB

rgb(110, 104, 94)

HSL

hsl(37.5, 7.8%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.5, 14.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 14.5%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(44.27, 0.46, 6.48)

LCH

lch(44.27, 6.5, 85.94)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.0171, 80.59)

HWB

hwb(37.5, 36.9%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e646e

Analogous

#6e605e

#6e685e

#6c6e5e

Triadic

#6e685e

#5e6e68

#685e6e

Split-complementary

#6e685e

#5e6c6e

#605e6e

Tetradic

#6e685e

#646e5e

#5e646e

#685e6e

Square

#6e685e

#5e6e60

#5e646e

#6e5e6c

Shades

Color #6e685e mixed toward black.

#5c574e

#49453f

#37342f

#25231f

#121110

Tints

Color #6e685e mixed toward white.

#898276

#a19b91

#b8b4ad

#d0cdc8

#e7e6e4

Tones

Color #6e685e mixed toward gray.

#6d685f

#6b6761

#6a6762

#696763

#676665

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.8:1

White text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b61 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#6c6c61 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#6e6263 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e685e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e685e]

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Frequently asked questions

#6e685e (#6e685e) is rgb(110, 104, 94) in RGB.

No, #6e685e 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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