HEX Color #66666D (Dimgray)

About #66666D

The precise color #66666D is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Dimgray. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 102, 102, and 109.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 6% cyan and 6% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 240.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the neutral spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#66666D

RGB102, 102, 109

HSL240.0°, 3.3%, 41.4%

CMYK6%, 6%, 0%, 57%

HSV240.0°, 6.4%, 42.7%

LAB43.4, 1.5, -3.9

XYZ13.0, 13.4, 16.4

Decimal6710893

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#66666D #6D6D65

Analogous

#65696D #69656D

Triadic

#6D6565 #656D65

Tetradic

#6D6569 #6D6D65 #656D69

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#66666D

#77777D

#88888D

#99999D

#AAAAAD

#BBBBBE

#CCCCCE

#DDDDDE

#EEEEEE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#66666D

#5A5A60

#4F4F54

#444448

#38383C

#2D2D30

#222224

#161618

#0B0B0C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.70:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.69:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

5.44:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.13:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #66666D; }

.text-color { color: #66666D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #66666D; }

Similar Colors

Dimgray

#696969