#5c5575

Color #5c5575

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5c5575

RGB

rgb(92, 85, 117)

HSL

hsl(253.1, 15.8%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.1, 27.4%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(37.94, 10.2, -17.15)

LCH

lch(37.94, 19.95, 300.74)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.0517, 294.33)

HWB

hwb(253.1, 33.3%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e7555

Analogous

#555e75

#5c5575

#6c5575

Triadic

#5c5575

#755c55

#55755c

Split-complementary

#5c5575

#756c55

#5e7555

Tetradic

#5c5575

#75556e

#6e7555

#55755c

Square

#5c5575

#75555e

#6e7555

#55756c

Shades

Color #5c5575 mixed toward black.

#4d4761

#3d394e

#2e2b3a

#1f1c27

#0f0e13

Tints

Color #5c5575 mixed toward white.

#736b93

#8f88a9

#aba6be

#c7c4d4

#e3e1e9

Tones

Color #5c5575 mixed toward gray.

#5d5872

#5f5a70

#605d6d

#62606a

#636268

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59596e · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#595a6d · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#5c6967 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c5575;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c5575]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5c5575 (#5c5575) is rgb(92, 85, 117) in RGB.

No, #5c5575 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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