#5e6565

Color #5e6565

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.62 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5e6565

RGB

rgb(94, 101, 101)

HSL

hsl(180, 3.6%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 6.9%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(42.19, -2.7, -0.93)

LCH

lch(42.19, 2.86, 199.01)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.0087, 196.76)

HWB

hwb(180, 36.9%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#655e5e

Analogous

#5e6561

#5e6565

#5e6165

Triadic

#5e6565

#655e65

#65655e

Split-complementary

#5e6565

#655e61

#65615e

Tetradic

#5e6565

#5e5e65

#655e5e

#65655e

Square

#5e6565

#615e65

#655e5e

#61655e

Shades

Color #5e6565 mixed toward black.

#4e5454

#3f4343

#2f3232

#1f2222

#101111

Tints

Color #5e6565 mixed toward white.

#778080

#929a9a

#adb3b3

#c9cccc

#e4e6e6

Tones

Color #5e6565 mixed toward gray.

#5e6464

#5f6464

#606363

#616262

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.53:1

White text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616165 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#616065 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#5e6565 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 3.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e6565;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e6565]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#5e6565 (#5e6565) is rgb(94, 101, 101) in RGB.

No, #5e6565 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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