#545859

Color #545859

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.53 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#545859

RGB

rgb(84, 88, 89)

HSL

hsl(192, 2.9%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 5.6%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(37.09, -1.36, -1.13)

LCH

lch(37.09, 1.77, 219.72)

OKLCH

oklch(45.7%, 0.0053, 214.29)

HWB

hwb(192, 32.9%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#595554

Analogous

#545957

#545859

#545559

Triadic

#545859

#595458

#585954

Split-complementary

#545859

#595455

#595754

Tetradic

#545859

#555459

#595554

#585954

Square

#545859

#575459

#595554

#555954

Shades

Color #545859 mixed toward black.

#46494a

#383b3b

#2a2c2c

#1c1d1e

#0e0f0f

Tints

Color #545859 mixed toward white.

#6f7576

#8b9192

#a8acad

#c5c8c8

#e2e3e4

Tones

Color #545859 mixed toward gray.

#545859

#555758

#565757

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.92:1

White text reads better on this background (7.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565659 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#565559 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#545959 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 2.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #545859;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#545859]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#545859 (#545859) is rgb(84, 88, 89) in RGB.

No, #545859 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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