#6f5e57

Color #6f5e57

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.18 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6f5e57

RGB

rgb(111, 94, 87)

HSL

hsl(17.5, 12.1%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(17.5, 21.6%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 21.6%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(41.33, 5.64, 6.56)

LCH

lch(41.33, 8.65, 49.31)

OKLCH

oklch(49.6%, 0.0248, 43.69)

HWB

hwb(17.5, 34.1%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57686f

Analogous

#6f575c

#6f5e57

#6f6a57

Triadic

#6f5e57

#576f5e

#5e576f

Split-complementary

#6f5e57

#576f6a

#575c6f

Tetradic

#6f5e57

#686f57

#57686f

#5e576f

Square

#6f5e57

#5c6f57

#57686f

#6a576f

Shades

Color #6f5e57 mixed toward black.

#5c4e48

#4a3f3a

#372f2b

#251f1d

#12100e

Tints

Color #6f5e57 mixed toward white.

#8c776e

#a4928a

#baada8

#d1c8c5

#e8e4e2

Tones

Color #6f5e57 mixed toward gray.

#6d5f59

#6b605b

#69605d

#67615f

#656261

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686859 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#696a59 · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#6e5a5a · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f5e57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f5e57]

Related colors

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Sienna #a0522d

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#6f5e57 (#6f5e57) is rgb(111, 94, 87) in RGB.

No, #6f5e57 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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