#5e5656

Color #5e5656

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.9 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5656

RGB

rgb(94, 86, 86)

HSL

hsl(0, 4.4%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 8.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 8.5%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(37.31, 3.25, 1.18)

LCH

lch(37.31, 3.46, 19.95)

OKLCH

oklch(46.1%, 0.0105, 17.74)

HWB

hwb(0, 33.7%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#565e5e

Analogous

#5e565a

#5e5656

#5e5a56

Triadic

#5e5656

#565e56

#56565e

Split-complementary

#5e5656

#565e5a

#565a5e

Tetradic

#5e5656

#5e5e56

#565e5e

#56565e

Square

#5e5656

#5a5e56

#565e5e

#5a565e

Shades

Color #5e5656 mixed toward black.

#4e4848

#3f3939

#2f2b2b

#1f1d1d

#100e0e

Tints

Color #5e5656 mixed toward white.

#7b7070

#968c8c

#b0a9a9

#cac6c6

#e5e2e2

Tones

Color #5e5656 mixed toward gray.

#5d5757

#5c5858

#5b5959

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.94:1

White text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b56 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#5b5c56 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#5e5656 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 4.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5656;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5656]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#5e5656 (#5e5656) is rgb(94, 86, 86) in RGB.

No, #5e5656 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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