#5b5b68

Color #5b5b68

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.58 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5b68

RGB

rgb(91, 91, 104)

HSL

hsl(240, 6.7%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 12.5%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(39.08, 2.91, -7.41)

LCH

lch(39.08, 7.96, 291.44)

OKLCH

oklch(47.6%, 0.0208, 285.64)

HWB

hwb(240, 35.7%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68685b

Analogous

#5b6168

#5b5b68

#615b68

Triadic

#5b5b68

#685b5b

#5b685b

Split-complementary

#5b5b68

#68615b

#61685b

Tetradic

#5b5b68

#685b68

#68685b

#5b685b

Square

#5b5b68

#685b61

#68685b

#5b6861

Shades

Color #5b5b68 mixed toward black.

#4c4c57

#3d3d45

#2d2d34

#1e1e23

#0f0f11

Tints

Color #5b5b68 mixed toward white.

#737384

#8f8f9d

#ababb5

#c7c7ce

#e3e3e6

Tones

Color #5b5b68 mixed toward gray.

#5c5c67

#5d5d66

#5e5e65

#5f5f64

#606062

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.14:1

White text reads better on this background (6.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b65 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#5b5b64 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#5b6362 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5b68;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5b68]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5b5b68 (#5b5b68) is rgb(91, 91, 104) in RGB.

No, #5b5b68 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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