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#85604e color: How Now

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Read as HEX

20°
100%

OKLCH

52.3%
0.056
47°
  • ≈ Marsala
  • Brown
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Warm
  • taupe-500
  • Black 48%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text5.55:1 · AALc -83
Black text3.78:1 · Below AALc 26

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About #85604e

#85604e is a dusty brown color. In OKLCH it has 52.3% lightness, 0.056 chroma and a hue of 47°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 5.55:1 contrast and black text 3.78:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is How Now (#886150). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is taupe-500.

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Lighter: #85604e mixed with white

  1. 85604e
  2. 916f5e
  3. 9d7e6f
  4. a98d80
  5. b59d91
  6. c1ada3
  7. cebdb5
  8. dacdc7
  9. e6ddd9
  10. f3eeec

Darker: #85604e mixed with black

  1. 85604e
  2. 735243
  3. 614538
  4. 50382d
  5. 402c23
  6. 302019
  7. 21150f
  8. 130a07
  9. 060302
  10. 010000

Calmer: #85604e with less saturation

  1. 85604e
  2. 826151
  3. 806254
  4. 7d6357
  5. 7b6459
  6. 78655c
  7. 75665f
  8. 726762
  9. 6f6864
  10. 6d6967