Palettes / Colors / #644E4E

#644E4E — Dusty Red

#644E4E is a red color we call Dusty Red, closest to the named color DimGray (#696969). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: dimgray (#696969) — not an exact match. CSS dimgray gives you #696969, a different color; use #644E4E when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#644E4E is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #4F6464; it also sits naturally between #644F59 and #64594F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 39% · Green 31% · Blue 31%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 22% · Key 61%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #644E4E

.text { color: #644E4E; }
.background { background-color: #644E4E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #644E4E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(100, 78, 78); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 12%, 35%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #644E4E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(100, 78, 78, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #644E4E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(100, 78, 78, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#644E4E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#644E4E">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #4F6464:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #644E4E: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #644E4E

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #644E4E looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #644E4E rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #644E4E?

#644E4E is Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 100, 78, 78). Its closest standard named color is DimGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #644E4E?

#644E4E is RGB 100, 78, 78 — HSL 0°, 12%, 35% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 22%, 61%.

What colors go with #644E4E?

Its complement is #4F6464; analogous partners are #644F59 and #64594F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #644E4E for text?

White text on #644E4E has a contrast ratio of 7.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.74:1.