#5e5859

Color #5e5859

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.94 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5859

RGB

rgb(94, 88, 89)

HSL

hsl(350, 3.3%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(350, 6.4%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 5.3%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(37.99, 2.62, 0.29)

LCH

lch(37.99, 2.64, 6.32)

OKLCH

oklch(46.6%, 0.0079, 5.78)

HWB

hwb(350, 34.5%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#585e5d

Analogous

#5e585c

#5e5859

#5e5a58

Triadic

#5e5859

#595e58

#58595e

Split-complementary

#5e5859

#585e5a

#585c5e

Tetradic

#5e5859

#5e5d58

#585e5d

#58595e

Square

#5e5859

#5c5e58

#585e5d

#5a585e

Shades

Color #5e5859 mixed toward black.

#4e494a

#3f3b3b

#2f2c2d

#1f1d1e

#100f0f

Tints

Color #5e5859 mixed toward white.

#7a7274

#958e8f

#b0aaab

#cac7c7

#e5e3e3

Tones

Color #5e5859 mixed toward gray.

#5e5959

#5d595a

#5d5a5a

#5c5a5a

#5c5b5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.02:1

White text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b59 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#5c5c59 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#5e5959 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 3.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5859;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5859]

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Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

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Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#5e5859 (#5e5859) is rgb(94, 88, 89) in RGB.

No, #5e5859 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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