#5e6973

Color #5e6973

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.26 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e6973

RGB

rgb(94, 105, 115)

HSL

hsl(208.6, 10%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.6, 18.3%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(43.83, -1.85, -7)

LCH

lch(43.83, 7.24, 255.2)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0209, 245.65)

HWB

hwb(208.6, 36.9%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73685e

Analogous

#5e7373

#5e6973

#5e5f73

Triadic

#5e6973

#735e69

#69735e

Split-complementary

#5e6973

#735e5f

#73735e

Tetradic

#5e6973

#685e73

#73685e

#69735e

Square

#5e6973

#735e73

#73685e

#5f735e

Shades

Color #5e6973 mixed toward black.

#4e5860

#3f464d

#2f353a

#1f2326

#101213

Tints

Color #5e6973 mixed toward white.

#75828e

#919ba5

#acb4bb

#c8cdd2

#e3e6e8

Tones

Color #5e6973 mixed toward gray.

#606971

#626970

#63696e

#65696c

#67696a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.74:1

White text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636371 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#626170 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#5f6f6e · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 6.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e6973;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e6973]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5e6973 (#5e6973) is rgb(94, 105, 115) in RGB.

No, #5e6973 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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