Information about #5F5253 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#5F5253 presents itself as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone — one that holds a balanced mid-tone. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Artefact (#5D5250). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Warm Taupe (#5F514E) and Quarter Barista (#614F4F).
The recipe behind #5F5253 is rgb(95, 82, 83), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #5F5253: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:63), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5F5253 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#5F5253 color variations
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#5F5253 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#5F5253 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#5F5253 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#5F5253 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#5F5253 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #5F5253 color
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Nearest named colors to #5F5253
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#5D5250
#5F514E
#614F4F
#645452
#62534E
#595353
#5A4F51
#5C544E
#585452
#5A5755
#5D5952
#585156
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#5F5253
- RGB95, 82, 83
- CMYK0, 5, 5, 63
- CSSrgb(95, 82, 83)
- HSL355°, 7%, 35%
- HSL Precise355.385°, 7.345%, 34.706%
- HSV355°, 14%, 37%
- HSB355°, 14%, 37%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.373
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.322
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.325
- GLSLvec3(0.373, 0.322, 0.325)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.373, 0.322, 0.325, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.373, 0.322, 0.325)
- Percentage of Red in RGB37.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB32.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB32.5%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID5F5253
- DECIMAL ID6246995
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
