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#856d52 color: Appaloosa Spots

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32°
100%

OKLCH

55.1%
0.050
70°
  • ≈ Gray
  • Brown
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Warm
  • taupe-500
  • Black 48%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.88:1 · AALc -79
Black text4.31:1 · Below AALc 30

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About #856d52

#856d52 is a dusty brown color. In OKLCH it has 55.1% lightness, 0.05 chroma and a hue of 70°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.88:1 contrast and black text 4.31:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Appaloosa Spots (#876e52). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is taupe-500.

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Lighter: #856d52 mixed with white

  1. 856d52
  2. 917b62
  3. 9d8973
  4. a89783
  5. b4a594
  6. c1b4a5
  7. cdc2b7
  8. d9d1c8
  9. e6e0da
  10. f2f0ed

Darker: #856d52 mixed with black

  1. 856d52
  2. 735e46
  3. 614f3b
  4. 50412f
  5. 403325
  6. 30261a
  7. 211911
  8. 130d08
  9. 060402
  10. 010100

Calmer: #856d52 with less saturation

  1. 856d52
  2. 836e55
  3. 816e59
  4. 7f6f5c
  5. 7d6f5f
  6. 7c7062
  7. 7a7066
  8. 787069
  9. 76716c
  10. 74716f