Colour

#585B56

#585B56
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#585B56 is a grey with RGB values 88, 91, 86 and HSL 96°, 3%, 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

#585B56#585B56

HEX#585B56

RGBrgb(88, 91, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.3569, 0.3373

RGB percentages34.5%, 35.7%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(96, 2.8%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(96, 5.5%, 35.7%)

CMYK3.3%, 0%, 5.5%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,790,550

CSS custom property--colour: #585B56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10229WCAG 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 6.89:1

Contrast with white6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#A7A4A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5A56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5A56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#585B5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.3 Gray · ΔE 15.7 Slate grey · ΔE 19.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#59565B

Analogous#5B5B56, #565B57

Triadic#56585B, #5B5658

Split complementary#57565B, #5B565B

Tetradic#565B5B, #59565B, #5B5756

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BEC0BD

Lighter +30%#A4A8A2

Lighter +20%#8B8F88

Lighter +10%#71756F

Darker −10%#3F413D

Darker −20%#252724

Darker −30%#0C0C0C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#547140

Less saturated −25%#595959

Channel breakdown

R88

G91

B86

Red88 (34.5%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue96°

Saturation (HSL)2.82%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 58 · G 5B · B 56

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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