#5a7972

Color #5a7972

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5a7972

RGB

rgb(90, 121, 114)

HSL

hsl(166.5, 14.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(166.5, 25.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 5.8%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(48.34, -12.7, 0.22)

LCH

lch(48.34, 12.7, 179.01)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.0373, 179.39)

HWB

hwb(166.5, 35.3%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#795a61

Analogous

#5a7963

#5a7972

#5a7179

Triadic

#5a7972

#725a79

#79725a

Split-complementary

#5a7972

#795a71

#79635a

Tetradic

#5a7972

#5a6179

#795a61

#79725a

Square

#5a7972

#635a79

#795a61

#71795a

Shades

Color #5a7972 mixed toward black.

#4b655f

#3c514c

#2d3d39

#1e2826

#0f1413

Tints

Color #5a7972 mixed toward white.

#70958d

#8daaa3

#a9bfba

#c6d5d1

#e2eae8

Tones

Color #5a7972 mixed toward gray.

#5d7771

#5f746f

#62716e

#646f6c

#676c6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.41:1

White text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696974 · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#676574 · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#5c7575 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a7972;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a7972]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#5a7972 (#5a7972) is rgb(90, 121, 114) in RGB.

No, #5a7972 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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