#5b4e42

Color #5b4e42

A muted dark orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.13 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4e42

RGB

rgb(91, 78, 66)

HSL

hsl(28.8, 15.9%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(28.8, 27.5%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 27.5%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(34.12, 3.29, 9.11)

LCH

lch(34.12, 9.69, 70.14)

OKLCH

oklch(43.3%, 0.0259, 64.82)

HWB

hwb(28.8, 25.9%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#424f5b

Analogous

#5b4243

#5b4e42

#5b5b42

Triadic

#5b4e42

#425b4e

#4e425b

Split-complementary

#5b4e42

#425b5b

#42435b

Tetradic

#5b4e42

#4f5b42

#424f5b

#4e425b

Square

#5b4e42

#435b42

#424f5b

#5b425b

Shades

Color #5b4e42 mixed toward black.

#4c4137

#3d342c

#2e2721

#1e1a16

#0f0d0b

Tints

Color #5b4e42 mixed toward white.

#7d6b5b

#9c8977

#b5a699

#cec4bb

#e6e1dd

Tones

Color #5b4e42 mixed toward gray.

#594e44

#574e46

#554e48

#534e4a

#514e4c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565645 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#565746 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#5a4748 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4e42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4e42]

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Chocolate #d2691e

Frequently asked questions

#5b4e42 (#5b4e42) is rgb(91, 78, 66) in RGB.

No, #5b4e42 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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