#5b6a75

Color #5b6a75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.58 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6a75

RGB

rgb(91, 106, 117)

HSL

hsl(205.4, 12.5%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.4, 22.2%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(43.97, -3.01, -8.02)

LCH

lch(43.97, 8.57, 249.43)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.0252, 239.78)

HWB

hwb(205.4, 35.7%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75665b

Analogous

#5b7573

#5b6a75

#5b5d75

Triadic

#5b6a75

#755b6a

#6a755b

Split-complementary

#5b6a75

#755b5d

#75735b

Tetradic

#5b6a75

#665b75

#75665b

#6a755b

Square

#5b6a75

#735b75

#75665b

#5d755b

Shades

Color #5b6a75 mixed toward black.

#4c5862

#3d474e

#2e353b

#1e2327

#0f1214

Tints

Color #5b6a75 mixed toward white.

#718491

#8e9ca7

#aab5bd

#c6ced3

#e3e6e9

Tones

Color #5b6a75 mixed toward gray.

#5d6a73

#5f6971

#62696f

#64696c

#66686a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.76:1

White text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626272 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#616072 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#5c7070 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6a75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6a75]

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Frequently asked questions

#5b6a75 (#5b6a75) is rgb(91, 106, 117) in RGB.

No, #5b6a75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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