Grayish Brown

The color code of Grayish Brown indicates, that green is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with red it also forms the basic color yellow, but still remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Grayish Brown is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 11 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 37 %, Grayish Brown is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#556549`
RGB	`rgb(85, 101, 73)`
HSL*	`hsl(94, 16%, 34%)`
Lab*	`40.77 -11.81 13.9`
CMYK*	`16% 0% 28% 60%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

60 %

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