#5e5554

Color #5e5554

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.44 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5554

RGB

rgb(94, 85, 84)

HSL

hsl(6, 5.6%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6, 10.6%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 10.6%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(36.96, 3.47, 1.91)

LCH

lch(36.96, 3.96, 28.83)

OKLCH

oklch(45.8%, 0.0119, 25.28)

HWB

hwb(6, 32.9%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#545d5e

Analogous

#5e5458

#5e5554

#5e5a54

Triadic

#5e5554

#545e55

#55545e

Split-complementary

#5e5554

#545e5a

#54585e

Tetradic

#5e5554

#5d5e54

#545d5e

#55545e

Square

#5e5554

#585e54

#545d5e

#5a545e

Shades

Color #5e5554 mixed toward black.

#4e4746

#3f3938

#2f2b2a

#1f1c1c

#100e0e

Tints

Color #5e5554 mixed toward white.

#7b6f6e

#978b8a

#b1a8a7

#cbc5c5

#e5e2e2

Tones

Color #5e5554 mixed toward gray.

#5d5655

#5c5656

#5b5757

#5b5857

#5a5858

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.9:1

White text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a54 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#5b5b54 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#5e5454 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 4.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5554;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5554]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#5e5554 (#5e5554) is rgb(94, 85, 84) in RGB.

No, #5e5554 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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