#5E6E5B · near Dove Gray

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#5E6E5B (RGB 94, 110, 91) is a medium, muted gray, closest to Dove Gray and near Storm and Slate Gray. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #5E6E5B a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 52% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 141°.

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HEX#5E6E5B
RGBrgb(94, 110, 91)
HSLhsl(111, 9%, 39%)
CMYK15, 0, 17, 57
CSS var--dove-gray
Contrast5.44:1 white · 3.86:1 black

Similar named colors

Dove Gray #6D6C6CStorm #4F666ASlate Gray #5D6D7EFern #4F7942Moss Green #556B2F

How to use #5E6E5B

White text passes WCAG AA on #5E6E5B (5.44:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5E6E5B with its analogous neighbors #666C5A and #5A6C61; for contrast use its complement #6A5A6C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--dove-gray: #5E6E5B;

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#5E6E5B hex color card: near Dove Gray, RGB 94, 110, 91
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Shades & tints

#131612#262C24#384237#4B5849#5E6E5B#7E8B7C#9EA89D#BFC5BD#DFE2DE

Color harmonies for #5E6E5B

Complementary

#5E6E5B#6A5A6C

Analogous

#5E6E5B#666C5A#5A6C61

Triadic

#5E6E5B#5A5D6C#6C5A5D

Split complementary

#5E6E5B#615A6C#6C5A66

Tetradic

#5E6E5B#5A666C#6A5A6C#6C615A

Palettes with #5E6E5B