#5b7540

Color #5b7540

A muted dark green.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 5.91 Nearest Tailwind class lime-700 #497d00 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b7540

RGB

rgb(91, 117, 64)

HSL

hsl(89.4, 29.3%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(89.4, 45.3%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 45.3%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(46.06, -19.5, 26.15)

LCH

lch(46.06, 32.62, 126.71)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.0832, 130.18)

HWB

hwb(89.4, 25.1%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a4075

Analogous

#757540

#5b7540

#417540

Triadic

#5b7540

#405b75

#75405b

Split-complementary

#5b7540

#404175

#754075

Tetradic

#5b7540

#40755a

#5a4075

#75405b

Square

#5b7540

#407575

#5a4075

#754041

Shades

Color #5b7540 mixed toward black.

#4c6235

#3d4e2b

#2e3b20

#1e2715

#0f140b

Tints

Color #5b7540 mixed toward white.

#779853

#92b171

#adc595

#c8d8b8

#e4ecdc

Tones

Color #5b7540 mixed toward gray.

#5b7144

#5b6c49

#5b684d

#5b6352

#5b5f56

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.06:1

White text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676751 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#666454 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#5d5c5e · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b7540;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b7540]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#5b7540 (#5b7540) is rgb(91, 117, 64) in RGB.

No, #5b7540 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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