#856e6a

Color #856e6a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.88 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#856e6a

RGB

rgb(133, 110, 106)

HSL

hsl(8.9, 11.3%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.9, 20.3%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 20.3%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(48.49, 8.38, 5.62)

LCH

lch(48.49, 10.09, 33.85)

OKLCH

oklch(55.9%, 0.0299, 29.65)

HWB

hwb(8.9, 41.6%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a8185

Analogous

#856a74

#856e6a

#857c6a

Triadic

#856e6a

#6a856e

#6e6a85

Split-complementary

#856e6a

#6a857c

#6a7485

Tetradic

#856e6a

#81856a

#6a8185

#6e6a85

Square

#856e6a

#74856a

#6a8185

#7c6a85

Shades

Color #856e6a mixed toward black.

#6f5c58

#594947

#433735

#2c2523

#161212

Tints

Color #856e6a mixed toward white.

#9b8581

#af9e9b

#c3b6b4

#d7cecd

#ebe7e6

Tones

Color #856e6a mixed toward gray.

#83706c

#81716f

#7e7371

#7c7473

#7a7675

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.44:1

White text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7b6b · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#7d7f6b · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#846c6c · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 10.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #856e6a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856e6a]

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Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#856e6a (#856e6a) is rgb(133, 110, 106) in RGB.

No, #856e6a 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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