#5d5555

Color #5d5555

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.28 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5d5555

RGB

rgb(93, 85, 85)

HSL

hsl(0, 4.5%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 8.6%, 36.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 8.6%, 63.5%)

LAB

lab(36.89, 3.26, 1.18)

LCH

lch(36.89, 3.47, 19.9)

OKLCH

oklch(45.7%, 0.0105, 17.74)

HWB

hwb(0, 33.3%, 63.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#555d5d

Analogous

#5d5559

#5d5555

#5d5955

Triadic

#5d5555

#555d55

#55555d

Split-complementary

#5d5555

#555d59

#55595d

Tetradic

#5d5555

#5d5d55

#555d5d

#55555d

Square

#5d5555

#595d55

#555d5d

#59555d

Shades

Color #5d5555 mixed toward black.

#4d4747

#3e3939

#2e2a2a

#1f1c1c

#0f0e0e

Tints

Color #5d5555 mixed toward white.

#7a6f6f

#958b8b

#b0a8a8

#cac5c5

#e5e2e2

Tones

Color #5d5555 mixed toward gray.

#5c5656

#5b5757

#5a5858

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.9:1

White text reads better on this background (7.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a55 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#5a5b55 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#5d5555 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 4.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d5555;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d5555]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#5d5555 (#5d5555) is rgb(93, 85, 85) in RGB.

No, #5d5555 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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