#5d5860

Color #5d5860

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.27 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5d5860

RGB

rgb(93, 88, 96)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 4.3%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 8.3%, 37.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 62.4%)

LAB

lab(38.11, 3.7, -3.88)

LCH

lch(38.11, 5.36, 313.64)

OKLCH

oklch(46.8%, 0.0141, 313.28)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 34.5%, 62.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b6058

Analogous

#595860

#5d5860

#60585f

Triadic

#5d5860

#605d58

#58605d

Split-complementary

#5d5860

#5f6058

#586059

Tetradic

#5d5860

#60585b

#5b6058

#58605d

Square

#5d5860

#605958

#5b6058

#585f60

Shades

Color #5d5860 mixed toward black.

#4e4950

#3e3b40

#2f2c30

#1f1d20

#100f10

Tints

Color #5d5860 mixed toward white.

#78727c

#948e97

#aeaab1

#c9c6cb

#e4e3e5

Tones

Color #5d5860 mixed toward gray.

#5d595f

#5d5a5e

#5c5b5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.03:1

White text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b5e · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#5b5c5e · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#5d5d5c · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d5860;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d5860]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5d5860 (#5d5860) is rgb(93, 88, 96) in RGB.

No, #5d5860 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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