HEX Color #6D5F5F (Dimgray)

About #6D5F5F

The precise color #6D5F5F 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 109, 95, and 95.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 13% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 0.0° hue, 6.9% saturation, and 40.0% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#6D5F5F

RGB109, 95, 95

HSL0.0°, 6.9%, 40.0%

CMYK0%, 13%, 13%, 57%

HSV0.0°, 12.8%, 42.7%

LAB41.6, 5.6, 2.1

XYZ12.5, 12.3, 12.5

Decimal7167839

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#6D5F5F #5F6D6D

Analogous

#6D5F66 #6D665F

Triadic

#5F6D5F #5F5F6D

Tetradic

#666D5F #5F6D6D #665F6D

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#6D5F5F

#7D7070

#8D8282

#9D9494

#ADA6A6

#BEB7B7

#CEC9C9

#DEDBDB

#EEEDED

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#6D5F5F

#605454

#544949

#483F3F

#3C3434

#302A2A

#241F1F

#181515

#0C0A0A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.08:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.45:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

5.81:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

2.93:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #6D5F5F; }

.text-color { color: #6D5F5F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #6D5F5F; }

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