#5b6d6f

Color #5b6d6f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.08 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6d6f

RGB

rgb(91, 109, 111)

HSL

hsl(186, 9.9%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 18%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(44.67, -6.23, -3.36)

LCH

lch(44.67, 7.08, 208.34)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.0218, 204.68)

HWB

hwb(186, 35.7%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f5d5b

Analogous

#5b6f67

#5b6d6f

#5b636f

Triadic

#5b6d6f

#6f5b6d

#6d6f5b

Split-complementary

#5b6d6f

#6f5b63

#6f675b

Tetradic

#5b6d6f

#5d5b6f

#6f5d5b

#6d6f5b

Square

#5b6d6f

#675b6f

#6f5d5b

#636f5b

Shades

Color #5b6d6f mixed toward black.

#4c5b5c

#3d494a

#2d3637

#1e2425

#0f1212

Tints

Color #5b6d6f mixed toward white.

#72898b

#8ea0a2

#aab8ba

#c7d0d1

#e3e7e8

Tones

Color #5b6d6f mixed toward gray.

#5d6c6d

#5e6a6c

#60696a

#626868

#636667

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.86:1

White text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63636f · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#62616e · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#5c6e6e · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 8.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6d6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6d6f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b6d6f (#5b6d6f) is rgb(91, 109, 111) in RGB.

No, #5b6d6f 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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