#515c5f

Color #515c5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.79 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#515c5f

RGB

rgb(81, 92, 95)

HSL

hsl(192.9, 8%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.9, 14.7%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(38.25, -3.56, -3.17)

LCH

lch(38.25, 4.77, 221.68)

OKLCH

oklch(46.6%, 0.0146, 216.09)

HWB

hwb(192.9, 31.8%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5451

Analogous

#515f5b

#515c5f

#51555f

Triadic

#515c5f

#5f515c

#5c5f51

Split-complementary

#515c5f

#5f5155

#5f5b51

Tetradic

#515c5f

#54515f

#5f5451

#5c5f51

Square

#515c5f

#5b515f

#5f5451

#555f51

Shades

Color #515c5f mixed toward black.

#434d4f

#363d3f

#282e30

#1b1f20

#0d0f10

Tints

Color #515c5f mixed toward white.

#6b797d

#879599

#a5afb2

#c3cacc

#e1e4e5

Tones

Color #515c5f mixed toward gray.

#525b5e

#535b5d

#545a5b

#56595a

#575959

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.05:1

White text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#56565e · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#55545e · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#525e5e · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 5.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #515c5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#515c5f]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#515c5f (#515c5f) is rgb(81, 92, 95) in RGB.

No, #515c5f 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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