#5a556a

Color #5a556a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a556a

RGB

rgb(90, 85, 106)

HSL

hsl(254.3, 11%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.3, 19.8%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(37.32, 6.74, -11.31)

LCH

lch(37.32, 13.17, 300.79)

OKLCH

oklch(46.2%, 0.0342, 296.04)

HWB

hwb(254.3, 33.3%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#656a55

Analogous

#555b6a

#5a556a

#65556a

Triadic

#5a556a

#6a5a55

#556a5a

Split-complementary

#5a556a

#6a6555

#5b6a55

Tetradic

#5a556a

#6a5565

#656a55

#556a5a

Square

#5a556a

#6a555b

#656a55

#556a65

Shades

Color #5a556a mixed toward black.

#4b4758

#3c3947

#2d2b35

#1e1c23

#0f0e12

Tints

Color #5a556a mixed toward white.

#736d88

#8f89a0

#aba7b8

#c7c4d0

#e3e2e7

Tones

Color #5a556a mixed toward gray.

#5b5768

#5c5967

#5d5a65

#5e5c63

#5f5e61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.94:1

White text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585865 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#585964 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#5a6261 · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a556a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a556a]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5a556a (#5a556a) is rgb(90, 85, 106) in RGB.

No, #5a556a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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