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Recognised as Colour

#5B6064

  • #5B6064
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#5B6064 is a grey with RGB values 91, 96, 100 and HSL 207°, 5%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#5B6064#5B6064
HEX#5B6064
RGBrgb(91, 96, 100)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3765, 0.3922
RGB percentages35.7%, 37.6%, 39.2%
HSLhsl(206.7, 4.7%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 9%, 39.2%)
CMYK9%, 4%, 0%, 60.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,988,452
CSS custom property--colour: #5B6064;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.36:1
Contrast with white6.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#A49F9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E6064no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D5F64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#596161no 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 text6.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 5.1Gray · ΔE 13.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.1Slate grey · ΔE 14.6Light slate grey · ΔE 17.5Cadetblue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#645F5B
Analogous#5B6464, #5B5B64
Triadic#645B60, #60645B
Split complementary#645B5B, #64645B
Tetradic#645B64, #645F5B, #5C645B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3C6C8
Lighter +30%#A8ACB0
Lighter +20%#8D9398
Lighter +10%#737A7F
Darker −10%#434649
Darker −20%#2A2D2F
Darker −30%#121314
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#43637C
Less saturated −25%#606060

Channel breakdown

R91
G96
B100
Red91 (35.7%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue100 (39.2%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)4.71%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 60 · B 64

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