#6e6868

Color #6e6868

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 2.5 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6868

RGB

rgb(110, 104, 104)

HSL

hsl(0, 2.8%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 5.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(44.54, 2.35, 0.84)

LCH

lch(44.54, 2.5, 19.67)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.0076, 17.72)

HWB

hwb(0, 40.8%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#686e6e

Analogous

#6e686b

#6e6868

#6e6b68

Triadic

#6e6868

#686e68

#68686e

Split-complementary

#6e6868

#686e6b

#686b6e

Tetradic

#6e6868

#6e6e68

#686e6e

#68686e

Square

#6e6868

#6b6e68

#686e6e

#6b686e

Shades

Color #6e6868 mixed toward black.

#5c5757

#494545

#373434

#252323

#121111

Tints

Color #6e6868 mixed toward white.

#878080

#9f9a9a

#b7b3b3

#cfcccc

#e7e6e6

Tones

Color #6e6868 mixed toward gray.

#6e6969

#6d6969

#6d6a6a

#6c6a6a

#6c6b6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b68 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#6c6c68 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#6e6868 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6868;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6868]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#6e6868 (#6e6868) is rgb(110, 104, 104) in RGB.

No, #6e6868 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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