#515952

Color #515952

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.31 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#515952

RGB

rgb(81, 89, 82)

HSL

hsl(127.5, 4.7%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(127.5, 9%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 0%, 7.9%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(36.94, -4.68, 2.98)

LCH

lch(36.94, 5.55, 147.51)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.0151, 148.84)

HWB

hwb(127.5, 31.8%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#595158

Analogous

#545951

#515952

#515956

Triadic

#515952

#525159

#595251

Split-complementary

#515952

#565159

#595154

Tetradic

#515952

#515859

#595158

#595251

Square

#515952

#515459

#595158

#595651

Shades

Color #515952 mixed toward black.

#434a44

#363b37

#282c29

#1b1e1b

#0d0f0e

Tints

Color #515952 mixed toward white.

#6c776d

#88938a

#a6aea7

#c4c9c4

#e1e4e2

Tones

Color #515952 mixed toward gray.

#525852

#525853

#535753

#545654

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.9:1

White text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555554 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#545354 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#515555 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 6.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #515952;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#515952]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#515952 (#515952) is rgb(81, 89, 82) in RGB.

No, #515952 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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