#5a585f

Color #5a585f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.93 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5a585f

RGB

rgb(90, 88, 95)

HSL

hsl(257.1, 3.8%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.1, 7.4%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(37.81, 2.31, -3.75)

LCH

lch(37.81, 4.4, 301.63)

OKLCH

oklch(46.5%, 0.0114, 298.81)

HWB

hwb(257.1, 34.5%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d5f58

Analogous

#585a5f

#5a585f

#5e585f

Triadic

#5a585f

#5f5a58

#585f5a

Split-complementary

#5a585f

#5f5e58

#5a5f58

Tetradic

#5a585f

#5f585d

#5d5f58

#585f5a

Square

#5a585f

#5f585a

#5d5f58

#585f5e

Shades

Color #5a585f mixed toward black.

#4b494f

#3c3b3f

#2d2c30

#1e1d20

#0f0f10

Tints

Color #5a585f mixed toward white.

#75727b

#908e96

#acaab0

#c8c6cb

#e3e3e5

Tones

Color #5a585f mixed toward gray.

#5a595e

#5b595e

#5b5a5d

#5b5b5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

3:1

White text reads better on this background (7.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59595d · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#59595d · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#5a5c5c · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 4.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a585f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a585f]

Related colors

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Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#5a585f (#5a585f) is rgb(90, 88, 95) in RGB.

No, #5a585f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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