#5b4549

Color #5b4549

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4549

RGB

rgb(91, 69, 73)

HSL

hsl(349.1, 13.8%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.1, 24.2%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 19.8%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(31.72, 10.15, 1.24)

LCH

lch(31.72, 10.23, 6.97)

OKLCH

oklch(41.5%, 0.0308, 6.34)

HWB

hwb(349.1, 27.1%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#455b57

Analogous

#5b4554

#5b4549

#5b4c45

Triadic

#5b4549

#495b45

#45495b

Split-complementary

#5b4549

#455b4c

#45545b

Tetradic

#5b4549

#5b5745

#455b57

#45495b

Square

#5b4549

#545b45

#455b57

#4c455b

Shades

Color #5b4549 mixed toward black.

#4c3a3d

#3d2e31

#2e2325

#1e1718

#0f0c0c

Tints

Color #5b4549 mixed toward white.

#7c5e64

#9a7a80

#b49ba0

#cdbdc0

#e6dedf

Tones

Color #5b4549 mixed toward gray.

#59474a

#57494b

#564b4d

#544c4e

#524e4f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.39:1

White text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525248 · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#545548 · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#5a4747 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4549;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4549]

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#5b4549 (#5b4549) is rgb(91, 69, 73) in RGB.

No, #5b4549 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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