#5a585e

Color #5a585e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.65 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5a585e

RGB

rgb(90, 88, 94)

HSL

hsl(260, 3.3%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 6.4%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(37.77, 2.09, -3.17)

LCH

lch(37.77, 3.8, 303.4)

OKLCH

oklch(46.4%, 0.0099, 300.96)

HWB

hwb(260, 34.5%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c5e58

Analogous

#58595e

#5a585e

#5d585e

Triadic

#5a585e

#5e5a58

#585e5a

Split-complementary

#5a585e

#5e5d58

#595e58

Tetradic

#5a585e

#5e585c

#5c5e58

#585e5a

Square

#5a585e

#5e5859

#5c5e58

#585e5d

Shades

Color #5a585e mixed toward black.

#4b494e

#3c3b3f

#2d2c2f

#1e1d1f

#0f0f10

Tints

Color #5a585e mixed toward white.

#75727a

#908e95

#acaab0

#c8c7ca

#e3e3e5

Tones

Color #5a585e mixed toward gray.

#5a595e

#5a595d

#5b5a5d

#5b5a5c

#5b5b5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.99:1

White text reads better on this background (7.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59595d · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#59595c · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#5a5b5b · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 4.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a585e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a585e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#5a585e (#5a585e) is rgb(90, 88, 94) in RGB.

No, #5a585e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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