What color is #6A6B65?

#6A6B65 is a gray known as Armoury. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Armoury?

The RGB value is 106, 107, 101: 106 red, 107 green and 101 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Armoury?

The complementary color is #66656B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6A6B65?

White text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 3.9:1 and white text 5.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Armoury color: hex code #6A6B65

#6A6B65 rgb(106, 107, 101)

Shades of gray

Armoury has the hex code #6A6B65. It is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 41.6% red, 42% green and 39.6% blue (106, 107, 101).

Its hue angle is 70°, with 3% saturation and 41% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 58% black.

White text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.38:1).

Armoury (#6A6B65) color codes

HEX	`#6A6B65`
RGB	`rgb(106, 107, 101)`
RGB percent	`rgb(41.6%, 42%, 39.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(70, 3%, 41%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(70, 6%, 42%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(1%, 0%, 6%, 58%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(44.97, -1.6, 3.23)`
CIE LCH	`lch(44.97, 3.6, 116.33)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(13.55, 14.519, 14.398)`
Decimal	`6974309`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Armoury, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #6A6B65	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.9:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.38:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

#6A6B65 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.38:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.9:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #6A6B65 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6a6b65; }
.text { color: #6a6b65; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a6b65; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(106 107 101 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6a6b65, #676b65); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #6A6B65 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #6A6B65?: #6A6B65 is a gray known as Armoury. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Armoury?: The RGB value is 106, 107, 101: 106 red, 107 green and 101 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Armoury?: The complementary color is #66656B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6A6B65?: White text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 3.9:1 and white text 5.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.