#535665

Color #535665

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.15 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#535665

RGB

rgb(83, 86, 101)

HSL

hsl(230, 9.8%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230, 17.8%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(36.81, 2.32, -9.03)

LCH

lch(36.81, 9.32, 284.41)

OKLCH

oklch(45.6%, 0.0247, 276.52)

HWB

hwb(230, 32.5%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#656253

Analogous

#535f65

#535665

#595365

Triadic

#535665

#655356

#566553

Split-complementary

#535665

#655953

#5f6553

Tetradic

#535665

#625365

#656253

#566553

Square

#535665

#65535f

#656253

#536559

Shades

Color #535665 mixed toward black.

#454854

#373943

#2a2b33

#1c1d22

#0e0e11

Tints

Color #535665 mixed toward white.

#6c6f83

#888b9d

#a6a8b6

#c3c5ce

#e1e2e7

Tones

Color #535665 mixed toward gray.

#555764

#565862

#585961

#595a5f

#5b5b5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.89:1

White text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545462 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#545461 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#535f5e · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 7.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #535665;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#535665]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#535665 (#535665) is rgb(83, 86, 101) in RGB.

No, #535665 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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