#6d6e65

Color #6d6e65

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.61 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6e65

RGB

rgb(109, 110, 101)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 4.3%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 8.2%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(46.1, -2.17, 4.89)

LCH

lch(46.1, 5.35, 113.93)

OKLCH

oklch(53.5%, 0.0138, 112.11)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 39.6%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#66656e

Analogous

#6e6b65

#6d6e65

#696e65

Triadic

#6d6e65

#656d6e

#6e656d

Split-complementary

#6d6e65

#65696e

#6b656e

Tetradic

#6d6e65

#656e66

#66656e

#6e656d

Square

#6d6e65

#656e6b

#66656e

#6e6569

Shades

Color #6d6e65 mixed toward black.

#5b5c54

#494943

#373733

#242522

#121211

Tints

Color #6d6e65 mixed toward white.

#87887d

#9fa097

#b7b7b1

#cfcfcb

#e7e7e5

Tones

Color #6d6e65 mixed toward gray.

#6d6d66

#6c6d67

#6b6c67

#6b6b68

#6a6a69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.07:1

White text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d67 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#6d6d68 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#6d6969 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6e65;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6e65]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6d6e65 (#6d6e65) is rgb(109, 110, 101) in RGB.

No, #6d6e65 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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