#504957

Color #504957

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.02 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#504957

RGB

rgb(80, 73, 87)

HSL

hsl(270, 8.8%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 16.1%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 16.1%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(32.17, 6, -7.21)

LCH

lch(32.17, 9.38, 309.77)

OKLCH

oklch(41.8%, 0.0246, 307.9)

HWB

hwb(270, 28.6%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#505749

Analogous

#494957

#504957

#574957

Triadic

#504957

#575049

#495750

Split-complementary

#504957

#575749

#495749

Tetradic

#504957

#574950

#505749

#495750

Square

#504957

#574949

#505749

#495757

Shades

Color #504957 mixed toward black.

#433d49

#35313a

#28252c

#1b181d

#0d0c0f

Tints

Color #504957 mixed toward white.

#6d6477

#8a8095

#a8a0af

#c5c0ca

#e2dfe4

Tones

Color #504957 mixed toward gray.

#504a56

#504b55

#504d54

#504e52

#504f51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.43:1

White text reads better on this background (8.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d54 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#4d4e53 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#505151 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #504957;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#504957]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#504957 (#504957) is rgb(80, 73, 87) in RGB.

No, #504957 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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