#6e6e66

Color #6e6e66

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.06 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6e66

RGB

rgb(110, 110, 102)

HSL

hsl(60, 3.8%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 7.3%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(46.21, -1.58, 4.46)

LCH

lch(46.21, 4.73, 109.51)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.0122, 106.65)

HWB

hwb(60, 40%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#66666e

Analogous

#6e6a66

#6e6e66

#6a6e66

Triadic

#6e6e66

#666e6e

#6e666e

Split-complementary

#6e6e66

#666a6e

#6a666e

Tetradic

#6e6e66

#666e66

#66666e

#6e666e

Square

#6e6e66

#666e6a

#66666e

#6e666a

Shades

Color #6e6e66 mixed toward black.

#5c5c55

#494944

#373733

#252522

#121211

Tints

Color #6e6e66 mixed toward white.

#88887e

#9f9f98

#b7b7b2

#cfcfcb

#e7e7e5

Tones

Color #6e6e66 mixed toward gray.

#6d6d67

#6c6c68

#6b6b69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e68 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#6e6e68 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#6e6a6a · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 4.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6e66;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6e66]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6e6e66 (#6e6e66) is rgb(110, 110, 102) in RGB.

No, #6e6e66 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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