#5e656d

Color #5e656d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.84 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5e656d

RGB

rgb(94, 101, 109)

HSL

hsl(212, 7.4%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212, 13.8%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(42.45, -0.89, -5.43)

LCH

lch(42.45, 5.5, 260.69)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.0154, 251.8)

HWB

hwb(212, 36.9%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d665e

Analogous

#5e6c6d

#5e656d

#5e5e6d

Triadic

#5e656d

#6d5e65

#656d5e

Split-complementary

#5e656d

#6d5e5e

#6c6d5e

Tetradic

#5e656d

#665e6d

#6d665e

#656d5e

Square

#5e656d

#6d5e6c

#6d665e

#5e6d5e

Shades

Color #5e656d mixed toward black.

#4e545b

#3f4349

#2f3237

#1f2224

#101112

Tints

Color #5e656d mixed toward white.

#767e88

#9198a0

#adb2b8

#c8ccd0

#e4e5e7

Tones

Color #5e656d mixed toward gray.

#5f656c

#60656a

#626569

#636568

#646567

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.56:1

White text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61616b · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#61606b · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#5e6a69 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e656d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e656d]

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Frequently asked questions

#5e656d (#5e656d) is rgb(94, 101, 109) in RGB.

No, #5e656d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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