#5c5561

Color #5c5561

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5c5561

RGB

rgb(92, 85, 97)

HSL

hsl(275, 6.6%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275, 12.4%, 38%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 62%)

LAB

lab(37.18, 5.39, -5.9)

LCH

lch(37.18, 7.99, 312.41)

OKLCH

oklch(46.1%, 0.021, 311.34)

HWB

hwb(275, 33.3%, 62%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a6155

Analogous

#565561

#5c5561

#615560

Triadic

#5c5561

#615c55

#55615c

Split-complementary

#5c5561

#606155

#556156

Tetradic

#5c5561

#61555a

#5a6155

#55615c

Square

#5c5561

#615655

#5a6155

#556061

Shades

Color #5c5561 mixed toward black.

#4d4751

#3d3941

#2e2b31

#1f1c20

#0f0e10

Tints

Color #5c5561 mixed toward white.

#786f7e

#938a99

#aea8b2

#c9c5cc

#e4e2e5

Tones

Color #5c5561 mixed toward gray.

#5c5660

#5c575f

#5c585e

#5b595d

#5b5a5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.93:1

White text reads better on this background (7.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59595e · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#595a5e · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 8.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5c5561;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c5561]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5c5561 (#5c5561) is rgb(92, 85, 97) in RGB.

No, #5c5561 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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