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Tailwind taupe-600

In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3, taupe-600 is defined as oklch(43.8% 0.017 39.3); in hex that is #5b4f4b, or rgb(91 79 75). White text on it reaches 7.88:1, passing WCAG AAA, and Recolor (recolor.page) can show it on a real page.

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#5b4f4btaupe-600
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-taupe-600), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(43.8% 0.017 39.3)
Hex#5b4f4b
RGBrgb(91 79 75)
HSLhsl(15 10% 33%)
CSS variablevar(--color-taupe-600)
Nearest CSS namedarkslategray #2f4f4f, 0.065 away in OKLab
White text7.88:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text2.66:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About taupe-600

In OKLCH, taupe-600 has a lightness of 43.8%, a chroma of 0.017 and a hue of 39.3 degrees, which makes it a dark reddish gray. The step up to taupe-500 is 10.9 points of lightness, and the step down to taupe-700 7.1 points.

Its lightness is 33% in HSL and 43.8% in OKLCH, 11 points apart; only the second tracks how light it looks. The value lies inside sRGB, the gamut of a hex code, so taupe-600 converts to #5b4f4b without losing chroma.

For text, taupe-600 wants white: 7.88:1 clears even AAA's 7:1, and black at 2.66:1 fails AA. On the taupe scale white text works from taupe-500 to taupe-950; taupe-600 has 1 shade of margin.

No CSS keyword matches it; darkslategray (#2f4f4f) is the nearest, 0.065 away in OKLab, a clear step off.

Tints and shades

  1. #e2dfe0
  2. #c5c0c1
  3. #a9a2a4
  4. #8e8587
  5. #74696c
  6. #5b4f4b
  7. #453b3e
  8. #312a2c
  9. #1e191a
  10. #0c090a
  11. #020101

From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.

A palette around it

  1. #5b4f4b
  2. #ffd8e5
  3. #00af4f
  4. #00340b
  5. #cfb3ff

Locked as the first of five swatches, taupe-600 gets #ffd8e5, #00af4f, #00340b, #cfb3ff from Recolor's generator, a split-complementary palette, built on the two hues beside its opposite. The seed is its hex, so the palette stays the same. Open it in Recolor.

Using taupe-600

Pair it with text-white, 7.88:1; taupe-600 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-taupe-600).

HTML
<a class="bg-taupe-600 text-white" href="/start">Get started</a>
<p class="text-taupe-600">Text in taupe-600</p>

Common questions

Does white text pass WCAG AA on Tailwind taupe-600?

Yes. White text measures 7.88:1 on taupe-600, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind taupe-600 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-taupe-600: oklch(43.8% 0.017 39.3); #5b4f4b is its conversion to sRGB.

Is there a CSS named color for Tailwind taupe-600?

No. The nearest CSS named color is darkslategray (#2f4f4f), 0.065 away in OKLab.

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