#5b3e40

Color #5b3e40

A muted dark red.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 20.16 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-700 #473c39 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b3e40

RGB

rgb(91, 62, 64)

HSL

hsl(355.9, 19%, 30%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(355.9, 31.9%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 29.7%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(29.51, 13.03, 3.88)

LCH

lch(29.51, 13.6, 16.58)

OKLCH

oklch(39.7%, 0.0409, 14.58)

HWB

hwb(355.9, 24.3%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e5b59

Analogous

#5b3e4e

#5b3e40

#5b4b3e

Triadic

#5b3e40

#405b3e

#3e405b

Split-complementary

#5b3e40

#3e5b4b

#3e4e5b

Tetradic

#5b3e40

#5b593e

#3e5b59

#3e405b

Square

#5b3e40

#4e5b3e

#3e5b59

#4b3e5b

Shades

Color #5b3e40 mixed toward black.

#4c3435

#3d292b

#2e1f20

#1e1515

#0f0a0b

Tints

Color #5b3e40 mixed toward white.

#7e5659

#9f7174

#b79597

#cfb8ba

#e7dcdc

Tones

Color #5b3e40 mixed toward gray.

#594042

#564344

#544546

#514848

#4f4a4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.21:1

White text reads better on this background (9.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#505040 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#52543f · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#5a3f3f · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b3e40;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b3e40]

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Frequently asked questions

#5b3e40 (#5b3e40) is rgb(91, 62, 64) in RGB.

No, #5b3e40 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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