#535269

Color #535269

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.79 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#535269

RGB

rgb(83, 82, 105)

HSL

hsl(242.6, 12.3%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.6, 21.9%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 21.9%, 0%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(35.78, 5.84, -13.09)

LCH

lch(35.78, 14.33, 294.04)

OKLCH

oklch(44.9%, 0.0374, 286.79)

HWB

hwb(242.6, 32.2%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#686952

Analogous

#525d69

#535269

#5f5269

Triadic

#535269

#695352

#526953

Split-complementary

#535269

#695f52

#5d6952

Tetradic

#535269

#695268

#686952

#526953

Square

#535269

#69525d

#686952

#52695f

Shades

Color #535269 mixed toward black.

#454458

#373746

#2a2935

#1c1b23

#0e0e12

Tints

Color #535269 mixed toward white.

#6b6a87

#8786a1

#a5a4b8

#c3c3d0

#e1e1e7

Tones

Color #535269 mixed toward gray.

#555467

#575665

#585863

#5a5a61

#5c5c60

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.78:1

White text reads better on this background (7.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535364 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#535363 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#53605f · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 11.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #535269;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#535269]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#535269 (#535269) is rgb(83, 82, 105) in RGB.

No, #535269 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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