Flint Color
Flint is a gray color with hex code #6F6A61. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with flint, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Flint Color Values
What Does Flint Mean?
Flint belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Flint sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Flint is classified as a brown (nearest centroid: grayish yellowish brown, #7E6D5A).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Flint
Flint and #616670 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #706361 and #6E7061, which sit beside flint on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair flint with triadic partners #61706B and #6B6170. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Sandstone —
#796D62(Delta E 4) - Ironside Grey —
#676662(Delta E 4) - Pablo —
#776F61(Delta E 4) - Dove Grey —
#6D6C6C(Delta E 6) - DimGray —
#696969(Delta E 6)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #6F6A61; }
.background { background-color: #6F6A61; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6F6A61; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #6F6A6140; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for flint?
Flint has the hex code #6F6A61. In RGB notation it is rgb(111, 106, 97), in HSL it is hsl(39, 7%, 41%), and its OKLCH value is 0.526, 0.015, 82.4.
What does the color flint mean?
Gray-family colors like flint carry distinct psychological associations. Flint belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Flint sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with flint?
Flint has three easy routes: its complement #616670 for punch, its neighbors #706361 and #6E7061 for something calmer, or triadic partners #61706B and #6B6170 when you want energy.
Is flint a standard web color?
No — Flint is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #6F6A61 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make flint lighter or darker?
To lighten flint, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #E7E6E4 (lightest tint) to #131211 (darkest shade).
About Flint
Flint is classified as a Brown in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #6F6A61 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.