#53505c

Color #53505c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.63 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#53505c

RGB

rgb(83, 80, 92)

HSL

hsl(255, 7%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 13%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 13%, 0%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(34.7, 3.89, -6.56)

LCH

lch(34.7, 7.63, 300.67)

OKLCH

oklch(43.9%, 0.0199, 296.95)

HWB

hwb(255, 31.4%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#595c50

Analogous

#50535c

#53505c

#59505c

Triadic

#53505c

#5c5350

#505c53

Split-complementary

#53505c

#5c5950

#535c50

Tetradic

#53505c

#5c5059

#595c50

#505c53

Square

#53505c

#5c5053

#595c50

#505c59

Shades

Color #53505c mixed toward black.

#45434d

#37353d

#29282e

#1c1b1f

#0e0d0f

Tints

Color #53505c mixed toward white.

#6e6a7a

#8a8696

#a8a5b0

#c5c3cb

#e2e1e5

Tones

Color #53505c mixed toward gray.

#53515b

#54525a

#545359

#555458

#555557

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.67:1

White text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525259 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#525259 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#535757 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 7.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #53505c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53505c]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#53505c (#53505c) is rgb(83, 80, 92) in RGB.

No, #53505c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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