#5b6e74

Color #5b6e74

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.02 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6e74

RGB

rgb(91, 110, 116)

HSL

hsl(194.4, 12.1%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.4, 21.6%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(45.13, -5.61, -5.69)

LCH

lch(45.13, 7.99, 225.41)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0245, 218.88)

HWB

hwb(194.4, 35.7%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74615b

Analogous

#5b746e

#5b6e74

#5b6274

Triadic

#5b6e74

#745b6e

#6e745b

Split-complementary

#5b6e74

#745b62

#746e5b

Tetradic

#5b6e74

#615b74

#74615b

#6e745b

Square

#5b6e74

#6e5b74

#74615b

#62745b

Shades

Color #5b6e74 mixed toward black.

#4c5c61

#3d494d

#2e373a

#1e2527

#0f1213

Tints

Color #5b6e74 mixed toward white.

#728990

#8ea0a6

#aab8bc

#c6d0d3

#e3e7e9

Tones

Color #5b6e74 mixed toward gray.

#5d6d72

#5f6c70

#616b6e

#636a6c

#65696a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.93:1

White text reads better on this background (5.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646473 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#636172 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#5c7171 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 8.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6e74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6e74]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5b6e74 (#5b6e74) is rgb(91, 110, 116) in RGB.

No, #5b6e74 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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