Information about #5A5A5A color
Basic facts about this digital color
#5A5A5A presents itself as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone — one that holds a balanced mid-tone. In practice it works well for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Tinpan Alley (#5C5B59). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Gray Dolphin (#5C5858) and Quarter Fuscous Grey (#595A5E).
Technically, #5A5A5A is a perfectly balanced RGB mix — red, green and blue all sit at 90, which is what makes it a true neutral. If you plan to put text on a #5A5A5A background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 6.9:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 3.0:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:65), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.
#5A5A5A color variations
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#5A5A5A color tints
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#5A5A5A color tones
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Why this page shows fewer blocks
#5A5A5A belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.
Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.
What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.
How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register
Alternatives to #5A5A5A color
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Nearest named colors to #5A5A5A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#5C5B59
#5C5858
#595A5E
#57595D
#5B5D56
#5C5D56
#55585C
#5A5755
#555759
#54585A
#565657
#5B605C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#5A5A5A
- RGB90, 90, 90
- CMYK0, 0, 0, 65
- CSSrgb(90, 90, 90)
- HSL0°, 0%, 35%
- HSL Precise0°, 0%, 35.294%
- HSV0°, 0%, 35%
- HSB0°, 0%, 35%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.353
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.353
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.353
- GLSLvec3(0.353, 0.353, 0.353)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.353, 0.353, 0.353, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.353, 0.353, 0.353)
- Percentage of Red in RGB35.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB35.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB35.3%
- Color FamilyGreyscale
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID5A5A5A
- DECIMAL ID5921370
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
