#6d6e63

Color #6d6e63

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.73 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6e63

RGB

rgb(109, 110, 99)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 5.3%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 10%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 10%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(46.05, -2.55, 6.01)

LCH

lch(46.05, 6.53, 112.99)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.0168, 111.23)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 38.8%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#64636e

Analogous

#6e6a63

#6d6e63

#686e63

Triadic

#6d6e63

#636d6e

#6e636d

Split-complementary

#6d6e63

#63686e

#6a636e

Tetradic

#6d6e63

#636e64

#64636e

#6e636d

Square

#6d6e63

#636e6a

#64636e

#6e6368

Shades

Color #6d6e63 mixed toward black.

#5b5c53

#494942

#373732

#242521

#121211

Tints

Color #6d6e63 mixed toward white.

#87887b

#9fa095

#b7b8b0

#cfd0ca

#e7e7e5

Tones

Color #6d6e63 mixed toward gray.

#6c6d64

#6c6c65

#6b6b66

#6a6a67

#696968

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.06:1

White text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d66 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#6d6d66 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#6d6868 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6e63;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6e63]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6d6e63 (#6d6e63) is rgb(109, 110, 99) in RGB.

No, #6d6e63 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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