#685e56

Color #685e56

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.57 Nearest Tailwind class stone-600 #57534d · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#685e56

RGB

rgb(104, 94, 86)

HSL

hsl(26.7, 9.5%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(26.7, 17.3%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 17.3%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(40.61, 2.52, 6.04)

LCH

lch(40.61, 6.54, 67.35)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.018, 61.16)

HWB

hwb(26.7, 33.7%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#566068

Analogous

#685657

#685e56

#686756

Triadic

#685e56

#56685e

#5e5668

Split-complementary

#685e56

#566867

#565768

Tetradic

#685e56

#606856

#566068

#5e5668

Square

#685e56

#576856

#566068

#675668

Shades

Color #685e56 mixed toward black.

#574e48

#453f39

#342f2b

#231f1d

#11100e

Tints

Color #685e56 mixed toward white.

#85786e

#9f938a

#b7aea7

#cfc9c5

#e7e4e2

Tones

Color #685e56 mixed toward gray.

#675e58

#655e59

#645f5b

#625f5c

#615f5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.32:1

White text reads better on this background (6.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646458 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#646558 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#685a5a · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #685e56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685e56]

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Chocolate #d2691e

Saddle Brown #8b4513

Seashell #fff5ee

Peru #cd853f

Frequently asked questions

#685e56 (#685e56) is rgb(104, 94, 86) in RGB.

No, #685e56 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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