Grayish Brown

The color code of Grayish Brown indicates, that red is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with green it forms the basic color yellow, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of red. 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 16 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 36 %, Grayish Brown is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#685a40`
RGB	`rgb(104, 90, 64)`
HSL*	`hsl(39, 24%, 33%)`
Lab*	`38.94 1.49 17.13`
CMYK*	`0% 13% 38% 59%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

59 %

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