#535f5d

Color #535f5d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.25 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#535f5d

RGB

rgb(83, 95, 93)

HSL

hsl(170, 6.7%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 12.6%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(39.26, -5.08, -0.43)

LCH

lch(39.26, 5.1, 184.84)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.0152, 184.51)

HWB

hwb(170, 32.5%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5355

Analogous

#535f57

#535f5d

#535b5f

Triadic

#535f5d

#5d535f

#5f5d53

Split-complementary

#535f5d

#5f535b

#5f5753

Tetradic

#535f5d

#53555f

#5f5355

#5f5d53

Square

#535f5d

#57535f

#5f5355

#5b5f53

Shades

Color #535f5d mixed toward black.

#454f4d

#373f3e

#2a2f2e

#1c201f

#0e100f

Tints

Color #535f5d mixed toward white.

#6d7c7a

#899895

#a6b2b0

#c4cbca

#e1e5e5

Tones

Color #535f5d mixed toward gray.

#545e5c

#555d5c

#565c5b

#575b5a

#585a5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.16:1

White text reads better on this background (6.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#58595d · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#58575e · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#545e5e · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #535f5d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#535f5d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#535f5d (#535f5d) is rgb(83, 95, 93) in RGB.

No, #535f5d 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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