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#5e656e color: British Shorthair

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214°
100%

OKLCH

50.4%
0.017
255°
  • ≈ Umber
  • Gray
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • gray-500
  • Black 57%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text5.89:1 · AALc -85
Black text3.56:1 · Below AALc 25

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About #5e656e

#5e656e is a gray color. In OKLCH it has 50.4% lightness, 0.017 chroma and a hue of 255°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 5.89:1 contrast and black text 3.56:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is British Shorthair (#5f6672). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is gray-500.

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Lighter: #5e656e mixed with white

  1. 5e656e
  2. 6d737b
  3. 7c8289
  4. 8b9097
  5. 9ba0a5
  6. abafb4
  7. bbbec2
  8. ccced1
  9. dddee0
  10. eeeff0

Darker: #5e656e mixed with black

  1. 5e656e
  2. 51575f
  3. 444950
  4. 373c41
  5. 2b2f33
  6. 1f2226
  7. 141719
  8. 0a0c0e
  9. 030304
  10. 000001

Calmer: #5e656e with less saturation

  1. 5e656e
  2. 5f656d
  3. 5f656c
  4. 60656b
  5. 60656a
  6. 616569
  7. 626568
  8. 626467
  9. 636466
  10. 646465