#5e5050

Color #5e5050

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.94 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5050

RGB

rgb(94, 80, 80)

HSL

hsl(0, 8%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 14.9%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 14.9%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(35.39, 5.8, 2.15)

LCH

lch(35.39, 6.19, 20.34)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.0187, 17.76)

HWB

hwb(0, 31.4%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#505e5e

Analogous

#5e5057

#5e5050

#5e5750

Triadic

#5e5050

#505e50

#50505e

Split-complementary

#5e5050

#505e57

#50575e

Tetradic

#5e5050

#5e5e50

#505e5e

#50505e

Square

#5e5050

#575e50

#505e5e

#57505e

Shades

Color #5e5050 mixed toward black.

#4e4343

#3f3535

#2f2828

#1f1b1b

#100d0d

Tints

Color #5e5050 mixed toward white.

#7c6a6a

#988686

#b2a4a4

#cbc3c3

#e5e1e1

Tones

Color #5e5050 mixed toward gray.

#5d5151

#5c5252

#5a5353

#595555

#585656

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.74:1

White text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585850 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#595a50 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#5d5050 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 7.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5050;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5050]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#5e5050 (#5e5050) is rgb(94, 80, 80) in RGB.

No, #5e5050 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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