#5e5858

Color #5e5858

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.94 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5858

RGB

rgb(94, 88, 88)

HSL

hsl(0, 3.3%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 6.4%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 6.4%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(37.96, 2.42, 0.87)

LCH

lch(37.96, 2.57, 19.77)

OKLCH

oklch(46.6%, 0.0077, 17.27)

HWB

hwb(0, 34.5%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#585e5e

Analogous

#5e585b

#5e5858

#5e5b58

Triadic

#5e5858

#585e58

#58585e

Split-complementary

#5e5858

#585e5b

#585b5e

Tetradic

#5e5858

#5e5e58

#585e5e

#58585e

Square

#5e5858

#5b5e58

#585e5e

#5b585e

Shades

Color #5e5858 mixed toward black.

#4e4949

#3f3b3b

#2f2c2c

#1f1d1d

#100f0f

Tints

Color #5e5858 mixed toward white.

#7a7272

#958e8e

#b0aaaa

#cac7c7

#e5e3e3

Tones

Color #5e5858 mixed toward gray.

#5e5959

#5d5959

#5d5a5a

#5c5a5a

#5c5b5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b58 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#5c5c58 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#5e5858 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5858;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5858]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#5e5858 (#5e5858) is rgb(94, 88, 88) in RGB.

No, #5e5858 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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