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Recognised as Colour

#5B5965

  • #5B5965
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#5B5965 is a grey with RGB values 91, 89, 101 and HSL 250°, 6%, 37%. 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

#5B5965#5B5965
HEX#5B5965
RGBrgb(91, 89, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.349, 0.3961
RGB percentages35.7%, 34.9%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(250, 6.3%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250, 11.9%, 39.6%)
CMYK9.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 60.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,986,661
CSS custom property--colour: #5B5965;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.86:1
Contrast with white6.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#A4A69A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#575B66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#575A65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#595B5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 9.6Slate grey · ΔE 16Gray · ΔE 16.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 17Light slate grey · ΔE 19Steel blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#636559
Analogous#595D65, #615965
Triadic#655B59, #59655B
Split complementary#656159, #5D6559
Tetradic#65595D, #636559, #596561

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3C1C9
Lighter +30%#A8A6B1
Lighter +20%#8D8B99
Lighter +10%#737180
Darker −10%#43414A
Darker −20%#2A292F
Darker −30%#121114
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4B417D
Less saturated −25%#5F5F5F

Channel breakdown

R91
G89
B101
Red91 (35.7%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue250°
Saturation (HSL)6.32%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 59 · B 65

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