#504c57

Color #504c57

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.94 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#504c57

RGB

rgb(80, 76, 87)

HSL

hsl(261.8, 6.7%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.8, 12.6%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 12.6%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(33.05, 4.09, -5.88)

LCH

lch(33.05, 7.16, 304.82)

OKLCH

oklch(42.4%, 0.0186, 302.07)

HWB

hwb(261.8, 29.8%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53574c

Analogous

#4c4e57

#504c57

#564c57

Triadic

#504c57

#57504c

#4c5750

Split-complementary

#504c57

#57564c

#4e574c

Tetradic

#504c57

#574c53

#53574c

#4c5750

Square

#504c57

#574c4e

#53574c

#4c5756

Shades

Color #504c57 mixed toward black.

#433f49

#35333a

#28262c

#1b191d

#0d0d0f

Tints

Color #504c57 mixed toward white.

#6c6776

#898493

#a7a2ae

#c4c1c9

#e2e0e4

Tones

Color #504c57 mixed toward gray.

#504d56

#514e55

#514f54

#515053

#515153

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.51:1

White text reads better on this background (8.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e54 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#4f4f54 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#505252 · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #504c57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#504c57]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#504c57 (#504c57) is rgb(80, 76, 87) in RGB.

No, #504c57 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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