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Recognised as Colour

#575A5E

  • #575A5E
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#575A5E is a grey with RGB values 87, 90, 94 and HSL 214°, 4%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#575A5E#575A5E
HEX#575A5E
RGBrgb(87, 90, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.3529, 0.3686
RGB percentages34.1%, 35.3%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(214.3, 3.9%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 7.4%, 36.9%)
CMYK7.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,724,766
CSS custom property--colour: #575A5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.93:1
Contrast with white6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#A8A5A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#595A5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#58595Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#555B5Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 6.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.4Gray · ΔE 15.7Slate grey · ΔE 16.8Light slate grey · ΔE 19.8Cadetblue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E5B57
Analogous#575E5E, #58575E
Triadic#5E575A, #5A5E57
Split complementary#5E5857, #5E5E57
Tetradic#5E575E, #5E5B57, #575E58

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEC0C3
Lighter +30%#A4A7AA
Lighter +20%#898D92
Lighter +10%#707378
Darker −10%#3E4144
Darker −20%#262729
Darker −30%#0D0E0F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#405775
Less saturated −25%#5B5B5B

Channel breakdown

R87
G90
B94
Red87 (34.1%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue214.29°
Saturation (HSL)3.87%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G 5A · B 5E

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