#5a5a65

Color #5a5a65

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.9 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5a5a65

RGB

rgb(90, 90, 101)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.8%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 10.9%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(38.6, 2.44, -6.29)

LCH

lch(38.6, 6.75, 291.2)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.0176, 285.86)

HWB

hwb(240, 35.3%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#65655a

Analogous

#5a6065

#5a5a65

#605a65

Triadic

#5a5a65

#655a5a

#5a655a

Split-complementary

#5a5a65

#65605a

#60655a

Tetradic

#5a5a65

#655a65

#65655a

#5a655a

Square

#5a5a65

#655a60

#65655a

#5a6560

Shades

Color #5a5a65 mixed toward black.

#4b4b54

#3c3c43

#2d2d33

#1e1e22

#0f0f11

Tints

Color #5a5a65 mixed toward white.

#737381

#8f8f9b

#ababb4

#c7c7cd

#e3e3e6

Tones

Color #5a5a65 mixed toward gray.

#5b5b64

#5c5c63

#5d5d62

#5e5e61

#5f5f61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.09:1

White text reads better on this background (6.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a62 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#5a5a62 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#5a6060 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 6.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a5a65;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a5a65]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5a5a65 (#5a5a65) is rgb(90, 90, 101) in RGB.

No, #5a5a65 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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