#5e585e

Color #5e585e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.71 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5e585e

RGB

rgb(94, 88, 94)

HSL

hsl(300, 3.3%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 6.4%, 36.9%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(38.14, 3.66, -2.59)

LCH

lch(38.14, 4.48, 324.71)

OKLCH

oklch(46.8%, 0.0122, 325.66)

HWB

hwb(300, 34.5%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#585e58

Analogous

#5b585e

#5e585e

#5e585b

Triadic

#5e585e

#5e5e58

#585e5e

Split-complementary

#5e585e

#5b5e58

#585e5b

Tetradic

#5e585e

#5e5858

#585e58

#585e5e

Square

#5e585e

#5e5b58

#585e58

#585b5e

Shades

Color #5e585e mixed toward black.

#4e494e

#3f3b3f

#2f2c2f

#1f1d1f

#100f10

Tints

Color #5e585e mixed toward white.

#7a727a

#958e95

#b0aab0

#cac7ca

#e5e3e5

Tones

Color #5e585e mixed toward gray.

#5e595e

#5d595d

#5d5a5d

#5c5a5c

#5c5b5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.03:1

White text reads better on this background (6.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b5d · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#5e5b5b · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 5.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e585e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e585e]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#5e585e (#5e585e) is rgb(94, 88, 94) in RGB.

No, #5e585e 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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