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Recognised as Colour

#6B665C

  • #6B665C
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#6B665C is a grey with RGB values 107, 102, 92 and HSL 40°, 8%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6B665C#6B665C
HEX#6B665C
RGBrgb(107, 102, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.4, 0.3608
RGB percentages42%, 40%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(40, 7.5%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40, 14%, 42%)
CMYK0%, 4.7%, 14%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,038,556
CSS custom property--colour: #6B665C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13401WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#9499A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#69665Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A675Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6E6463no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 6.4Gray · ΔE 12Slate grey · ΔE 19.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.7Light slate grey · ΔE 21.6Rosy brown · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C616B
Analogous#6B5F5C, #696B5C
Triadic#5C6B66, #665C6B
Split complementary#5C696B, #5F5C6B
Tetradic#5C6B5F, #5C616B, #6B5C69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CECBC5
Lighter +30%#B6B2AA
Lighter +20%#9E998F
Lighter +10%#868074
Darker −10%#504C44
Darker −20%#34322D
Darker −30%#191815
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#846E43
Less saturated −25%#646464

Channel breakdown

R107
G102
B92
Red107 (42%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue40°
Saturation (HSL)7.54%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6B · G 66 · B 5C

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