#6e5b56

Color #6e5b56

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e5b56

RGB

rgb(110, 91, 86)

HSL

hsl(12.5, 12.2%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12.5, 21.8%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 21.8%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(40.36, 6.86, 5.77)

LCH

lch(40.36, 8.96, 40.07)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.0263, 35.08)

HWB

hwb(12.5, 33.7%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56696e

Analogous

#6e565d

#6e5b56

#6e6756

Triadic

#6e5b56

#566e5b

#5b566e

Split-complementary

#6e5b56

#566e67

#565d6e

Tetradic

#6e5b56

#696e56

#56696e

#5b566e

Square

#6e5b56

#5d6e56

#56696e

#67566e

Shades

Color #6e5b56 mixed toward black.

#5c4c48

#493d39

#372d2b

#251e1d

#120f0e

Tints

Color #6e5b56 mixed toward white.

#8b736d

#a38f8a

#baaba7

#d1c7c4

#e8e3e2

Tones

Color #6e5b56 mixed toward gray.

#6c5c58

#6a5d5a

#685e5c

#66605e

#646160

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.29:1

White text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666657 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#676958 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#6d5858 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e5b56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e5b56]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Tomato #ff6347

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#6e5b56 (#6e5b56) is rgb(110, 91, 86) in RGB.

No, #6e5b56 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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