#5e5659

Color #5e5659

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark pink.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.02 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5659

RGB

rgb(94, 86, 89)

HSL

hsl(337.5, 4.4%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(337.5, 8.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 5.3%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(37.4, 3.85, -0.56)

LCH

lch(37.4, 3.89, 351.72)

OKLCH

oklch(46.2%, 0.0114, 352.94)

HWB

hwb(337.5, 33.7%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#565e5b

Analogous

#5e565d

#5e5659

#5e5756

Triadic

#5e5659

#595e56

#56595e

Split-complementary

#5e5659

#565e57

#565d5e

Tetradic

#5e5659

#5e5b56

#565e5b

#56595e

Square

#5e5659

#5d5e56

#565e5b

#57565e

Shades

Color #5e5659 mixed toward black.

#4e484a

#3f393b

#2f2b2d

#1f1d1e

#100e0f

Tints

Color #5e5659 mixed toward white.

#7b7074

#968c90

#b0a9ac

#cac6c7

#e5e2e3

Tones

Color #5e5659 mixed toward gray.

#5d5759

#5c585a

#5b595a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.95:1

White text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b58 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#5b5c58 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#5e5858 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 5.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5659;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5659]

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Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#5e5659 (#5e5659) is rgb(94, 86, 89) in RGB.

No, #5e5659 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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