#5e5969

Color #5e5969

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.51 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5969

RGB

rgb(94, 89, 105)

HSL

hsl(258.8, 8.2%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.8, 15.2%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(38.8, 5.49, -8.42)

LCH

lch(38.8, 10.05, 303.11)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.0261, 299.61)

HWB

hwb(258.8, 34.9%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#646959

Analogous

#595c69

#5e5969

#665969

Triadic

#5e5969

#695e59

#59695e

Split-complementary

#5e5969

#696659

#5c6959

Tetradic

#5e5969

#695964

#646959

#59695e

Square

#5e5969

#69595c

#646959

#596966

Shades

Color #5e5969 mixed toward black.

#4e4a57

#3f3b46

#2f2c34

#1f1e23

#100f11

Tints

Color #5e5969 mixed toward white.

#777185

#928d9e

#aea9b6

#c9c6cf

#e4e2e7

Tones

Color #5e5969 mixed toward gray.

#5e5a68

#5f5c66

#5f5d65

#605e64

#606062

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.11:1

White text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c65 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#5c5d65 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#5e6262 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5969;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5969]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#5e5969 (#5e5969) is rgb(94, 89, 105) in RGB.

No, #5e5969 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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