#5e6271

Color #5e6271

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.56 Nearest Tailwind class gray-600 #4a5565 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5e6271

RGB

rgb(94, 98, 113)

HSL

hsl(227.4, 9.2%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.4, 16.8%, 44.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 55.7%)

LAB

lab(41.7, 1.87, -8.98)

LCH

lch(41.7, 9.17, 281.76)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.0244, 273.77)

HWB

hwb(227.4, 36.9%, 55.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#716d5e

Analogous

#5e6c71

#5e6271

#645e71

Triadic

#5e6271

#715e62

#62715e

Split-complementary

#5e6271

#71645e

#6c715e

Tetradic

#5e6271

#6d5e71

#716d5e

#62715e

Square

#5e6271

#715e6c

#716d5e

#5e7164

Shades

Color #5e6271 mixed toward black.

#4e525e

#3f414b

#2f3139

#1f2126

#101013

Tints

Color #5e6271 mixed toward white.

#757a8c

#9195a3

#acafba

#c8cad1

#e3e4e8

Tones

Color #5e6271 mixed toward gray.

#60636f

#61646e

#63656c

#64666b

#666769

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.46:1

White text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#60606e · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#605f6d · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#5e6b6a · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 7.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e6271;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e6271]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5e6271 (#5e6271) is rgb(94, 98, 113) in RGB.

No, #5e6271 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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