#5b423e

Color #5b423e

A muted dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 18.43 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b423e

RGB

rgb(91, 66, 62)

HSL

hsl(8.3, 19%, 30%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.3, 31.9%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 31.9%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(30.57, 10.18, 6.67)

LCH

lch(30.57, 12.17, 33.23)

OKLCH

oklch(40.5%, 0.0357, 29.01)

HWB

hwb(8.3, 24.3%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e575b

Analogous

#5b3e48

#5b423e

#5b513e

Triadic

#5b423e

#3e5b42

#423e5b

Split-complementary

#5b423e

#3e5b51

#3e485b

Tetradic

#5b423e

#575b3e

#3e575b

#423e5b

Square

#5b423e

#485b3e

#3e575b

#513e5b

Shades

Color #5b423e mixed toward black.

#4c3734

#3d2c29

#2e211f

#1e1615

#0f0b0a

Tints

Color #5b423e mixed toward white.

#7e5c56

#9f7871

#b79995

#cfbbb8

#e7dddc

Tones

Color #5b423e mixed toward gray.

#594440

#564543

#544745

#514948

#4f4b4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.29:1

White text reads better on this background (9.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51513f · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#53543f · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#5a4040 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b423e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b423e]

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Frequently asked questions

#5b423e (#5b423e) is rgb(91, 66, 62) in RGB.

No, #5b423e 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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