#664949

A dark, muted red closely aligning with Dimgray.

About #664949

The precise color #664949 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Dimgray. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 102, 73, and 73.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 28% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 0.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#664949
RGB102, 73, 73
HSL0.0°, 16.6%, 34.3%
CMYK0%, 28%, 28%, 60%
HSV0.0°, 28.4%, 40.0%
LAB34.1, 12.4, 4.9
XYZ9.1, 8.1, 7.4
Decimal6703433

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.03:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.61:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.68:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.22:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #664949; }
.text-color { color: #664949; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #664949; }

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