#5e5d6f

Color #5e5d6f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.78 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5d6f

RGB

rgb(94, 93, 111)

HSL

hsl(243.3, 8.8%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.3, 16.2%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(40.17, 4.45, -10.05)

LCH

lch(40.17, 10.99, 293.88)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.0287, 287.87)

HWB

hwb(243.3, 36.5%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e6f5d

Analogous

#5d656f

#5e5d6f

#675d6f

Triadic

#5e5d6f

#6f5e5d

#5d6f5e

Split-complementary

#5e5d6f

#6f675d

#656f5d

Tetradic

#5e5d6f

#6f5d6e

#6e6f5d

#5d6f5e

Square

#5e5d6f

#6f5d65

#6e6f5d

#5d6f67

Shades

Color #5e5d6f mixed toward black.

#4e4e5c

#3f3e4a

#2f2f37

#1f1f25

#101012

Tints

Color #5e5d6f mixed toward white.

#76748b

#9190a2

#adacb9

#c8c8d0

#e4e3e8

Tones

Color #5e5d6f mixed toward gray.

#5f5f6d

#61606c

#62626a

#636369

#656567

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.27:1

White text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e6b · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#5e5e6a · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#5e6867 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 9.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5d6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5d6f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5e5d6f (#5e5d6f) is rgb(94, 93, 111) in RGB.

No, #5e5d6f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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