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Pictured: AuroMetalSaurus, the closest color we have a photo of (#6E7F80)
rgb(94, 126, 125)
#5E7E7D

Stream Burble #5E7E7D RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Stream Burble (#5E7E7D) is a medium tinted gray. In RGB it is made of 37% red, 49% green and 49% blue (R 94, G 126, B 125). The green channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 178°, 15% saturation and 43% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.188, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 51% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a cool color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Stream Burble color codes

#5E7E7D in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #5E7E7D Valid CSS
RGB rgb(94, 126, 125) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(178, 15%, 43%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(178, 25%, 49%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(178 37% 51%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(25%, 0%, 1%, 51%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(56.83% 0.0364 193.77) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(56.83% -0.0354 -0.0087) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(50.32% -11.98 -3.37) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(50.32% 12.45 195.71) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.3946 0.4906 0.4887) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.1578 0.1878 0.222) Valid CSS
Decimal 6192765 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.1878. Nearest web-safe color: #666666.

Mix Stream Burble with other colors

See what #5E7E7D makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

Use Stream Burble in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

WhereCodeCopy
CSS variable--stream-burble: #5E7E7D;
Sass variable$stream-burble: #5E7E7D;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-stream-burble: #5E7E7D; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'stream-burble': '#5E7E7D' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.369, green: 0.494, blue: 0.49)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.369, green: 0.494, blue: 0.49, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="stream_burble">#FF5E7E7D</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFF5E7E7D)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #5E7E7D (4.76:1, AA). Here is how #5E7E7D does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
4.42:1 on white
APCA Lc 71
AA LargeTry #5D7D7C
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
4.76:1 on black
APCA Lc -31
AA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Stream Burble

#5E7E7D next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#5E7E7D has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

Stream Burble in a user interface

A sample app screen with #5E7E7D as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #5E7E7D as it is. On the light theme, #5E7E7D is too hard to read as text (4.42:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #5D7D7C there (4.48:1). On the dark theme, #5E7E7D is too hard to read as text (4.02:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #668685 there (4.49:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Stream Burble

These schemes turn the hue of #5E7E7D around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette

Square

Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with Stream Burble

Four CSS gradients made from #5E7E7D. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #DDE4E4, #5E7E7D);

Edit in the gradient generator

Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #5E7E7D, #141F1E);

Edit in the gradient generator

Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5E7E6D, #5E7E7D, #5E6F7E);

Edit in the gradient generator

Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5E7E7D, #706F7E, #7D5E7E);

Edit in the gradient generator

Shades, tints and tones of Stream Burble

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Stream Burble sits at step 600. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    EEFAF9
  2. 100
    E1F1F0
  3. 200
    CAE0DF
  4. 300
    ACC7C6
  5. 400
    8BAAA9
  6. 500
    6D8D8C
  7. 600
    5E7E7D
  8. 700
    3F5B5B
  9. 800
    304747
  10. 900
    233434
  11. 950
    161F1F

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #5E7E7D in three color systems that designers and builders use.

ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of gray or search the color library.