#56536c

Color #56536c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.37 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#56536c

RGB

rgb(86, 83, 108)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 13.1%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 23.1%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(36.46, 7.05, -13.9)

LCH

lch(36.46, 15.59, 296.89)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.0405, 290.22)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 32.5%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#696c53

Analogous

#535d6c

#56536c

#63536c

Triadic

#56536c

#6c5653

#536c56

Split-complementary

#56536c

#6c6353

#5d6c53

Tetradic

#56536c

#6c5369

#696c53

#536c56

Square

#56536c

#6c535d

#696c53

#536c63

Shades

Color #56536c mixed toward black.

#48455a

#393748

#2b2a36

#1d1c24

#0e0e12

Tints

Color #56536c mixed toward white.

#6e6a8a

#8a87a3

#a7a5ba

#c5c3d1

#e2e1e8

Tones

Color #56536c mixed toward gray.

#58556a

#595768

#5b5966

#5c5b64

#5e5e62

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.85:1

White text reads better on this background (7.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555567 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#555565 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#566261 · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56536c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56536c]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#56536c (#56536c) is rgb(86, 83, 108) in RGB.

No, #56536c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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