#565e5d

Color #565e5d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.2 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#565e5d

RGB

rgb(86, 94, 93)

HSL

hsl(172.5, 4.4%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.5, 8.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(39.2, -3.33, -0.5)

LCH

lch(39.2, 3.37, 188.54)

OKLCH

oklch(47.5%, 0.0101, 187.97)

HWB

hwb(172.5, 33.7%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e5657

Analogous

#565e59

#565e5d

#565b5e

Triadic

#565e5d

#5d565e

#5e5d56

Split-complementary

#565e5d

#5e565b

#5e5956

Tetradic

#565e5d

#56575e

#5e5657

#5e5d56

Square

#565e5d

#59565e

#5e5657

#5b5e56

Shades

Color #565e5d mixed toward black.

#484e4d

#393f3e

#2b2f2e

#1d1f1f

#0e100f

Tints

Color #565e5d mixed toward white.

#707b79

#8c9695

#a9b0af

#c6caca

#e2e5e4

Tones

Color #565e5d mixed toward gray.

#575d5c

#585c5c

#595b5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.15:1

White text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a5d · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#59585d · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#565d5d · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 4.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #565e5d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#565e5d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#565e5d (#565e5d) is rgb(86, 94, 93) in RGB.

No, #565e5d 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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