#5b5b56

Color #5b5b56

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.65 Nearest Tailwind class stone-600 #57534d · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5b56

RGB

rgb(91, 91, 86)

HSL

hsl(60, 2.8%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 5.5%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.5%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(38.51, -1.03, 2.88)

LCH

lch(38.51, 3.06, 109.68)

OKLCH

oklch(47%, 0.0079, 106.84)

HWB

hwb(60, 33.7%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56565b

Analogous

#5b5856

#5b5b56

#585b56

Triadic

#5b5b56

#565b5b

#5b565b

Split-complementary

#5b5b56

#56585b

#58565b

Tetradic

#5b5b56

#565b56

#56565b

#5b565b

Square

#5b5b56

#565b58

#56565b

#5b5658

Shades

Color #5b5b56 mixed toward black.

#4c4c48

#3d3d39

#2d2d2b

#1e1e1d

#0f0f0e

Tints

Color #5b5b56 mixed toward white.

#777771

#93938d

#aeaea9

#c9c9c6

#e4e4e2

Tones

Color #5b5b56 mixed toward gray.

#5b5b56

#5a5a57

#595958

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.08:1

White text reads better on this background (6.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b57 · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#5b5b58 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#5b5858 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5b56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5b56]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5b5b56 (#5b5b56) is rgb(91, 91, 86) in RGB.

No, #5b5b56 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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