#585959

Color #585959

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.68 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#585959

RGB

rgb(88, 89, 89)

HSL

hsl(180, 0.6%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 1.1%, 34.9%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(37.74, -0.4, -0.14)

LCH

lch(37.74, 0.42, 199.29)

OKLCH

oklch(46.3%, 0.0013, 198.43)

HWB

hwb(180, 34.5%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#595858

Analogous

#585958

#585959

#585859

Triadic

#585959

#595859

#595958

Split-complementary

#585959

#595858

Tetradic

#585959

#585859

#595858

#595958

Square

#585959

#585859

#595858

#585958

Shades

Color #585959 mixed toward black.

#494a4a

#3b3b3b

#2c2d2d

#1d1e1e

#0f0f0f

Tints

Color #585959 mixed toward white.

#747575

#8f9191

#abacac

#c7c8c8

#e3e3e3

Tones

Color #585959 mixed toward gray.

#585959

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.99:1

White text reads better on this background (7.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585859 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#585859 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#585959 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 0.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #585959;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#585959]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#585959 (#585959) is rgb(88, 89, 89) in RGB.

No, #585959 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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