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Recognised as Colour

#5A5C57

  • #5A5C57
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#5A5C57 is a grey with RGB values 90, 92, 87 and HSL 84°, 3%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#5A5C57#5A5C57
HEX#5A5C57
RGBrgb(90, 92, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.3608, 0.3412
RGB percentages35.3%, 36.1%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(84, 2.8%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(84, 5.4%, 36.1%)
CMYK2.2%, 0%, 5.4%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,921,879
CSS custom property--colour: #5A5C57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#A5A3A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D5B57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C5B57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5A5B5Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 6.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.9Gray · ΔE 15.2Slate grey · ΔE 19.3Light slate grey · ΔE 22Cadetblue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59575C
Analogous#5C5C57, #585C57
Triadic#575A5C, #5C575A
Split complementary#57585C, #5C575C
Tetradic#575C5C, #59575C, #5C5758

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0C1BE
Lighter +30%#A6A8A4
Lighter +20%#8D9089
Lighter +10%#747670
Darker −10%#40423E
Darker −20%#272825
Darker −30%#0D0D0D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5E7241
Less saturated −25%#5A5A5A

Channel breakdown

R90
G92
B87
Red90 (35.3%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue84°
Saturation (HSL)2.79%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G 5C · B 57

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