#5b6a74

Color #5b6a74

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.16 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6a74

RGB

rgb(91, 106, 116)

HSL

hsl(204, 12.1%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 21.6%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(43.93, -3.26, -7.47)

LCH

lch(43.93, 8.15, 246.42)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0242, 237.17)

HWB

hwb(204, 35.7%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74655b

Analogous

#5b7472

#5b6a74

#5b5e74

Triadic

#5b6a74

#745b6a

#6a745b

Split-complementary

#5b6a74

#745b5e

#74725b

Tetradic

#5b6a74

#655b74

#74655b

#6a745b

Square

#5b6a74

#725b74

#74655b

#5e745b

Shades

Color #5b6a74 mixed toward black.

#4c5861

#3d474d

#2e353a

#1e2327

#0f1213

Tints

Color #5b6a74 mixed toward white.

#728490

#8e9ca6

#aab5bc

#c6ced3

#e3e6e9

Tones

Color #5b6a74 mixed toward gray.

#5d6a72

#5f6970

#61696e

#63686c

#65686a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.76:1

White text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626272 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#616071 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#5c706f · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6a74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6a74]

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Frequently asked questions

#5b6a74 (#5b6a74) is rgb(91, 106, 116) in RGB.

No, #5b6a74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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