#5b5353

Color #5b5353

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.05 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5353

RGB

rgb(91, 83, 83)

HSL

hsl(0, 4.6%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 8.8%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 8.8%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(36.05, 3.27, 1.18)

LCH

lch(36.05, 3.48, 19.84)

OKLCH

oklch(45%, 0.0105, 17.74)

HWB

hwb(0, 32.5%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#535b5b

Analogous

#5b5357

#5b5353

#5b5753

Triadic

#5b5353

#535b53

#53535b

Split-complementary

#5b5353

#535b57

#53575b

Tetradic

#5b5353

#5b5b53

#535b5b

#53535b

Square

#5b5353

#575b53

#535b5b

#57535b

Shades

Color #5b5353 mixed toward black.

#4c4545

#3d3737

#2d2929

#1e1c1c

#0f0e0e

Tints

Color #5b5353 mixed toward white.

#786e6e

#948a8a

#afa7a7

#cac4c4

#e4e2e2

Tones

Color #5b5353 mixed toward gray.

#5a5454

#595555

#585656

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.81:1

White text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585853 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#585953 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#5b5353 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 4.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5353;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5353]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#5b5353 (#5b5353) is rgb(91, 83, 83) in RGB.

No, #5b5353 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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