#5b6866

Color #5b6866

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.62 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6866

RGB

rgb(91, 104, 102)

HSL

hsl(170.8, 6.7%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.8, 12.5%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(42.89, -5.38, -0.55)

LCH

lch(42.89, 5.41, 185.84)

OKLCH

oklch(50.6%, 0.0162, 185.32)

HWB

hwb(170.8, 35.7%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#685b5d

Analogous

#5b685f

#5b6866

#5b6368

Triadic

#5b6866

#665b68

#68665b

Split-complementary

#5b6866

#685b63

#685f5b

Tetradic

#5b6866

#5b5d68

#685b5d

#68665b

Square

#5b6866

#5f5b68

#685b5d

#63685b

Shades

Color #5b6866 mixed toward black.

#4c5755

#3d4544

#2d3433

#1e2322

#0f1111

Tints

Color #5b6866 mixed toward white.

#738481

#8f9d9b

#abb5b4

#c7cecd

#e3e6e6

Tones

Color #5b6866 mixed toward gray.

#5c6765

#5d6664

#5e6564

#5f6463

#606262

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616166 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#605f67 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#5c6767 · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6866;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6866]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b6866 (#5b6866) is rgb(91, 104, 102) in RGB.

No, #5b6866 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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