#5e545d

Color #5e545d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.22 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#5e545d

RGB

rgb(94, 84, 93)

HSL

hsl(306, 5.6%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306, 10.6%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 1.1%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(36.95, 5.92, -3.72)

LCH

lch(36.95, 6.99, 327.86)

OKLCH

oklch(45.9%, 0.0192, 329.04)

HWB

hwb(306, 32.9%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#545e55

Analogous

#5a545e

#5e545d

#5e5458

Triadic

#5e545d

#5d5e54

#545d5e

Split-complementary

#5e545d

#585e54

#545e5a

Tetradic

#5e545d

#5e5554

#545e55

#545d5e

Square

#5e545d

#5e5a54

#545e55

#54585e

Shades

Color #5e545d mixed toward black.

#4e464d

#3f383e

#2f2a2e

#1f1c1f

#100e0f

Tints

Color #5e545d mixed toward white.

#7b6e7a

#978a95

#b1a7b0

#cbc5ca

#e5e2e5

Tones

Color #5e545d mixed toward gray.

#5d555c

#5c565c

#5b575b

#5b575a

#5a585a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.9:1

White text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a5b · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#5a5b5a · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#5e5959 · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e545d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e545d]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#5e545d (#5e545d) is rgb(94, 84, 93) in RGB.

No, #5e545d 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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