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Recognised as Colour

#585A57

  • #585A57
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#585A57 is a grey with RGB values 88, 90, 87 and HSL 100°, 2%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#585A57#585A57
HEX#585A57
RGBrgb(88, 90, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.3529, 0.3412
RGB percentages34.5%, 35.3%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(100, 1.7%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(100, 3.3%, 35.3%)
CMYK2.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,790,295
CSS custom property--colour: #585A57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#A7A5A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A5957no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A5957no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#585A59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 6.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.3Gray · ΔE 15.7Slate grey · ΔE 19.1Light slate grey · ΔE 21.9Cadetblue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59575A
Analogous#5A5A57, #575A58
Triadic#57585A, #5A5758
Split complementary#58575A, #5A575A
Tetradic#575A5A, #59575A, #5A5857

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEC0BD
Lighter +30%#A4A7A3
Lighter +20%#8B8D8A
Lighter +10%#717470
Darker −10%#3F403E
Darker −20%#252625
Darker −30%#0C0C0C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#517041
Less saturated −25%#595959

Channel breakdown

R88
G90
B87
Red88 (34.5%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue100°
Saturation (HSL)1.69%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 58 · G 5A · B 57

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