#505056

Color #505056

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.65 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#505056

RGB

rgb(80, 80, 86)

HSL

hsl(240, 3.6%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 7%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 7%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(34.22, 1.34, -3.51)

LCH

lch(34.22, 3.76, 290.9)

OKLCH

oklch(43.3%, 0.0098, 286.03)

HWB

hwb(240, 31.4%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#565650

Analogous

#505356

#505056

#535056

Triadic

#505056

#565050

#505650

Split-complementary

#505056

#565350

#535650

Tetradic

#505056

#565056

#565650

#505650

Square

#505056

#565053

#565650

#505653

Shades

Color #505056 mixed toward black.

#434348

#353539

#28282b

#1b1b1d

#0d0d0e

Tints

Color #505056 mixed toward white.

#6c6c74

#888890

#a6a6ac

#c4c4c8

#e1e1e3

Tones

Color #505056 mixed toward gray.

#505055

#515155

#515154

#525254

#525253

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#505055 · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#505054 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#505353 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 3.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #505056;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505056]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#505056 (#505056) is rgb(80, 80, 86) in RGB.

No, #505056 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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