#5b3838

Color #5b3838

A muted dark red.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.77 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-700 #473c39 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b3838

RGB

rgb(91, 56, 56)

HSL

hsl(0, 23.8%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 38.5%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 38.5%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(27.68, 15.6, 6.51)

LCH

lch(27.68, 16.9, 22.65)

OKLCH

oklch(38.3%, 0.0502, 19.66)

HWB

hwb(0, 22%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#385b5b

Analogous

#5b3849

#5b3838

#5b4938

Triadic

#5b3838

#385b38

#38385b

Split-complementary

#5b3838

#385b49

#38495b

Tetradic

#5b3838

#5b5b38

#385b5b

#38385b

Square

#5b3838

#495b38

#385b5b

#49385b

Shades

Color #5b3838 mixed toward black.

#4c2f2f

#3d2525

#2d1c1c

#1e1313

#0f0909

Tints

Color #5b3838 mixed toward white.

#804f4f

#a36969

#ba8f8f

#d1b4b4

#e8dada

Tones

Color #5b3838 mixed toward gray.

#583b3b

#553e3e

#524141

#4f4444

#4c4747

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.07:1

White text reads better on this background (10.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e38 · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#505238 · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#5a3838 · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#414141 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b3838;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b3838]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#5b3838 (#5b3838) is rgb(91, 56, 56) in RGB.

No, #5b3838 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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