#5e5a5a

Color #5e5a5a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.05 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5a5a

RGB

rgb(94, 90, 90)

HSL

hsl(0, 2.2%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 4.3%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 4.3%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(38.6, 1.6, 0.57)

LCH

lch(38.6, 1.7, 19.61)

OKLCH

oklch(47.1%, 0.0051, 17.02)

HWB

hwb(0, 35.3%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5e5e

Analogous

#5e5a5c

#5e5a5a

#5e5c5a

Triadic

#5e5a5a

#5a5e5a

#5a5a5e

Split-complementary

#5e5a5a

#5a5e5c

#5a5c5e

Tetradic

#5e5a5a

#5e5e5a

#5a5e5e

#5a5a5e

Square

#5e5a5a

#5c5e5a

#5a5e5e

#5c5a5e

Shades

Color #5e5a5a mixed toward black.

#4e4b4b

#3f3c3c

#2f2d2d

#1f1e1e

#100f0f

Tints

Color #5e5a5a mixed toward white.

#7a7575

#959090

#afacac

#cac7c7

#e4e3e3

Tones

Color #5e5a5a mixed toward gray.

#5e5a5a

#5d5b5b

#5c5c5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.09:1

White text reads better on this background (6.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c5a · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#5d5d5a · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#5e5a5a · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 2.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5a5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5a5a]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#5e5a5a (#5e5a5a) is rgb(94, 90, 90) in RGB.

No, #5e5a5a 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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