#5b5b74

Color #5b5b74

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.64 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5b74

RGB

rgb(91, 91, 116)

HSL

hsl(240, 12.1%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 21.6%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(39.52, 5.85, -14.13)

LCH

lch(39.52, 15.29, 292.49)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0399, 284.8)

HWB

hwb(240, 35.7%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74745b

Analogous

#5b6874

#5b5b74

#685b74

Triadic

#5b5b74

#745b5b

#5b745b

Split-complementary

#5b5b74

#74685b

#68745b

Tetradic

#5b5b74

#745b74

#74745b

#5b745b

Square

#5b5b74

#745b68

#74745b

#5b7468

Shades

Color #5b5b74 mixed toward black.

#4c4c61

#3d3d4d

#2e2e3a

#1e1e27

#0f0f13

Tints

Color #5b5b74 mixed toward white.

#727290

#8e8ea6

#aaaabc

#c6c6d3

#e3e3e9

Tones

Color #5b5b74 mixed toward gray.

#5d5d72

#5f5f70

#61616e

#63636c

#65656a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.19:1

White text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b6f · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#5b5b6d · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#5b6a69 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5b74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5b74]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5b5b74 (#5b5b74) is rgb(91, 91, 116) in RGB.

No, #5b5b74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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