#5a6163

Color #5a6163

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 4.89 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a6163

RGB

rgb(90, 97, 99)

HSL

hsl(193.3, 4.8%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.3, 9.1%, 38.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 2%, 0%, 61.2%)

LAB

lab(40.61, -2.27, -2.07)

LCH

lch(40.61, 3.07, 222.36)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.0094, 216.75)

HWB

hwb(193.3, 35.3%, 61.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#635c5a

Analogous

#5a6361

#5a6163

#5a5d63

Triadic

#5a6163

#635a61

#61635a

Split-complementary

#5a6163

#635a5d

#63615a

Tetradic

#5a6163

#5c5a63

#635c5a

#61635a

Square

#5a6163

#615a63

#635c5a

#5d635a

Shades

Color #5a6163 mixed toward black.

#4b5153

#3c4142

#2d3132

#1e2021

#0f1011

Tints

Color #5a6163 mixed toward white.

#747d7f

#8f9799

#abb1b3

#c7cbcc

#e3e5e6

Tones

Color #5a6163 mixed toward gray.

#5b6162

#5c6062

#5c6061

#5d5f60

#5e5f5f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.32:1

White text reads better on this background (6.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d63 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#5d5c62 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#5a6262 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 3.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a6163;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a6163]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5a6163 (#5a6163) is rgb(90, 97, 99) in RGB.

No, #5a6163 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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