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#65584E Color

#65584E is rgb(101, 88, 78) in RGB, hsl(26, 13%, 35%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 13%, 23%, 60%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Walnut (#5C5248), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 3.12. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#65584E
HEX#65584E
RGBrgb(101, 88, 78)
HSLhsl(26, 13%, 35%)
HSVhsv(26, 23%, 40%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13%, 23%, 60%)
OKLCHoklch(47% 0.023 59.8)
LABlab(38.47% 4.16 7.87)
LCHlch(38.47% 8.90 62.16)

What #65584E Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #65584E, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every brown in the library.

#65584E Channel Values

How #65584E breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 101 · G 88 · B 788-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 26° · S 13% · L 35%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 26° · S 23% · V 40%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 13% · Y 23% · K 60%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance6.86:1 vs white · 3.06:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #65584E background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text6.86:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text3.06:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #65584E

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #65584E; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Tints & Shades of #65584E

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

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Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #65584E.

How #65584E Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#65584E
Protanopia#5A5A4E
Protanomaly#5F594E
Deuteranopia#5D5D4E
Deuteranomaly#605B4E
Tritanopia#665757
Tritanomaly#665753
Achromatopsia#5A5A5A

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #65584E in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-65584e: #65584E;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #65584E;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-65584e': '#65584E' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.396, green: 0.345, blue: 0.306)
Android XML<color name="color_65584e">#65584E</color>
SVG fillfill="#65584E"

More Brown Colors

#65584E sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#65584E Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #65584E?

#65584E is a dark brown — rgb(101, 88, 78) in RGB and hsl(26, 13%, 35%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Walnut (#5C5248), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 3.12.

What is the RGB value of #65584E?

#65584E is rgb(101, 88, 78) — red 101, green 88, and blue 78 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #65584E?

#65584E converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 13%, 23%, 60%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #65584E be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #65584E scores 6.86:1 against white and 3.06:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #65584E as a CSS color keyword?

No. #65584E is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is dimgray (#696969) at a CIE76 distance of 10.71, which is visibly different.

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