All About Color Dark Chestnut

#986960

Dark Chestnut is a deep, rich brown color, resembling the color of chestnut wood. It's a warm and rustic color, ideal for creating a cozy and inviting ambiance.

About Dark Chestnut

Dark Chestnut is a medium red color with the hex code #986960. In RGB it is red 152, green 105, blue 96; in HSL it is hue 10°, saturation 23%, lightness 49%; in CMYK it is 0%, 31%, 37%, 40%. Its contrast ratio is 4.64:1 on white and 4.52:1 on black.

#986960 Color Conversion

Hex triplet98, 69, 60
CMYK0.00%, 30.92%, 36.84%, 40.39%
RGB Decimal152, 105, 96
HSL10°, 23%, 49%
RGB Octal230, 151, 140
HSV (HSB)9.64°, 36.84%, 59.61%
RGB Binary10011000, 1101001, 1100000
CIE-L*AB49.04, 17.62, 12.63
RGB Percent59.61%, 41.18%, 37.65%
CIE-L*CH49.04, 21.68, 35.63
XYZ20.11, 17.62, 13.41
CIE-L*UV49.04, 31.84, 12.87
xyY0.39, 0.34, 17.62
Hunter-Lab41.98, 12.05, 10.45
RYB59.61%, 41.85%, 37.65%

Color Accessibility Scores

#986960 on a dark background: contrast 4.52:1, passes WCAG AA.
#986960 on a light background: contrast 4.64:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Dark Chestnut, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Dark Chestnut. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#986960 · #BE9E97 · #61433D · #60909A · #97B8BE

Analogous palette

#9A6090 · #9A6073 · #986960 · #9A8760 · #909A60

Triadic palette

#986960 · #609A6A · #6A609A · #BE9E97 · #97BE9E

Tetradic palette

#986960 · #739A60 · #60909A · #87609A · #61433D

Monochromatic palette

#3C2925 · #6B4943 · #986960 · #B8958E · #D6C1BD

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