#535a66

Color #535a66

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.07 Nearest Tailwind class gray-600 #4a5565 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#535a66

RGB

rgb(83, 90, 102)

HSL

hsl(217.9, 10.3%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.9, 18.6%, 40%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 60%)

LAB

lab(38.04, 0.09, -7.8)

LCH

lch(38.04, 7.8, 270.66)

OKLCH

oklch(46.6%, 0.0213, 261.38)

HWB

hwb(217.9, 32.5%, 60%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#665f53

Analogous

#536466

#535a66

#565366

Triadic

#535a66

#66535a

#5a6653

Split-complementary

#535a66

#665653

#646653

Tetradic

#535a66

#5f5366

#665f53

#5a6653

Square

#535a66

#665364

#665f53

#536656

Shades

Color #535a66 mixed toward black.

#454b55

#373c44

#2a2d33

#1c1e22

#0e0f11

Tints

Color #535a66 mixed toward white.

#6b7484

#88909e

#a5acb6

#c3c7ce

#e1e3e7

Tones

Color #535a66 mixed toward gray.

#555a65

#565b63

#585b61

#595c60

#5b5c5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.02:1

White text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565663 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#565563 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#536161 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #535a66;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#535a66]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#535a66 (#535a66) is rgb(83, 90, 102) in RGB.

No, #535a66 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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