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Recognised as Colour

#6A5B68

  • #6A5B68
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#6A5B68 is a grey with RGB values 106, 91, 104 and HSL 308°, 8%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6A5B68#6A5B68
HEX#6A5B68
RGBrgb(106, 91, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3569, 0.4078
RGB percentages41.6%, 35.7%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(308, 7.6%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(308, 14.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 14.2%, 1.9%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,970,216
CSS custom property--colour: #6A5B68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.35:1
Contrast with white6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#95A497

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B5E69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E6067no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6B5C5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 10.8Gray · ΔE 16.5Slate grey · ΔE 17.3Light slate grey · ΔE 19.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.4Rosy brown · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 10.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B6A5D
Analogous#655B6A, #6A5B61
Triadic#686A5B, #5B686A
Split complementary#616A5B, #5B6A65
Tetradic#6A655B, #5B6A5D, #5B616A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDC4CC
Lighter +30%#B5A9B3
Lighter +20%#9E8D9B
Lighter +10%#857383
Darker −10%#4F434D
Darker −20%#332C32
Darker −30%#181417
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#83427A
Less saturated −25%#636363

Channel breakdown

R106
G91
B104
Red106 (41.6%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue308°
Saturation (HSL)7.61%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 5B · B 68

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