#5e5c69

Color #5e5c69

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.3 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5c69

RGB

rgb(94, 92, 105)

HSL

hsl(249.2, 6.6%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.2, 12.4%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(39.67, 3.65, -7.12)

LCH

lch(39.67, 8, 297.14)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0208, 292.62)

HWB

hwb(249.2, 36.1%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67695c

Analogous

#5c6069

#5e5c69

#645c69

Triadic

#5e5c69

#695e5c

#5c695e

Split-complementary

#5e5c69

#69645c

#60695c

Tetradic

#5e5c69

#695c67

#67695c

#5c695e

Square

#5e5c69

#695c60

#67695c

#5c6964

Shades

Color #5e5c69 mixed toward black.

#4e4d57

#3f3d46

#2f2e34

#1f1f23

#100f11

Tints

Color #5e5c69 mixed toward white.

#777485

#92909e

#adacb6

#c8c7ce

#e4e3e7

Tones

Color #5e5c69 mixed toward gray.

#5f5d68

#5f5e67

#605f66

#616065

#626164

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.21:1

White text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d66 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#5d5d65 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#5e6463 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 7.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5c69;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5c69]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e5c69 (#5e5c69) is rgb(94, 92, 105) in RGB.

No, #5e5c69 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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