#515e48

Color #515e48

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15.85 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#515e48

RGB

rgb(81, 94, 72)

HSL

hsl(95.5, 13.3%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(95.5, 23.4%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 23.4%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(38.24, -9.62, 10.98)

LCH

lch(38.24, 14.6, 131.22)

OKLCH

oklch(46.4%, 0.0382, 132.67)

HWB

hwb(95.5, 28.2%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55485e

Analogous

#5c5e48

#515e48

#485e4a

Triadic

#515e48

#48515e

#5e4851

Split-complementary

#515e48

#4a485e

#5e485c

Tetradic

#515e48

#485e55

#55485e

#5e4851

Square

#515e48

#485c5e

#55485e

#5e4a48

Shades

Color #515e48 mixed toward black.

#434e3c

#363f30

#282f24

#1b1f18

#0d100c

Tints

Color #515e48 mixed toward white.

#6d7e61

#899c7d

#a7b49d

#c4cdbe

#e2e6de

Tones

Color #515e48 mixed toward gray.

#515c4a

#525a4c

#52584d

#52574f

#535551

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.04:1

White text reads better on this background (6.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#57574e · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#56554f · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#525253 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 12.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #515e48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#515e48]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#515e48 (#515e48) is rgb(81, 94, 72) in RGB.

No, #515e48 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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