#504455

Color #504455

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#504455

RGB

rgb(80, 68, 85)

HSL

hsl(282.4, 11.1%, 30%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.4, 20%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 20%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(30.63, 8.74, -8.24)

LCH

lch(30.63, 12.01, 316.69)

OKLCH

oklch(40.5%, 0.032, 316.01)

HWB

hwb(282.4, 26.7%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#495544

Analogous

#484455

#504455

#554451

Triadic

#504455

#555044

#445550

Split-complementary

#504455

#515544

#445548

Tetradic

#504455

#554449

#495544

#445550

Square

#504455

#554844

#495544

#445155

Shades

Color #504455 mixed toward black.

#433947

#352d39

#28222a

#1b171c

#0d0b0e

Tints

Color #504455 mixed toward white.

#6f5e76

#8d7b95

#aa9cb0

#c6bdca

#e3dee5

Tones

Color #504455 mixed toward gray.

#4f4554

#4f4752

#4e4851

#4e4a4f

#4d4b4e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.3:1

White text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b51 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#4c4d50 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#4f4e4d · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 11.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #504455;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#504455]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#504455 (#504455) is rgb(80, 68, 85) in RGB.

No, #504455 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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