#515d5e

Color #515d5e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.65 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#515d5e

RGB

rgb(81, 93, 94)

HSL

hsl(184.6, 7.4%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.6, 13.8%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(38.53, -4.4, -2.15)

LCH

lch(38.53, 4.9, 206.04)

OKLCH

oklch(46.8%, 0.015, 202.8)

HWB

hwb(184.6, 31.8%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e5251

Analogous

#515e58

#515d5e

#51565e

Triadic

#515d5e

#5e515d

#5d5e51

Split-complementary

#515d5e

#5e5156

#5e5851

Tetradic

#515d5e

#52515e

#5e5251

#5d5e51

Square

#515d5e

#58515e

#5e5251

#565e51

Shades

Color #515d5e mixed toward black.

#434d4e

#363e3f

#282e2f

#1b1f1f

#0d0f10

Tints

Color #515d5e mixed toward white.

#6b7b7c

#879698

#a5b0b1

#c3cbcb

#e1e5e5

Tones

Color #515d5e mixed toward gray.

#525c5d

#535b5c

#545a5b

#55595a

#565859

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.08:1

White text reads better on this background (6.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#56575e · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#56555e · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#525e5e · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #515d5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#515d5e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#515d5e (#515d5e) is rgb(81, 93, 94) in RGB.

No, #515d5e 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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