#505842

Color #505842

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.26 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#505842

RGB

rgb(80, 88, 66)

HSL

hsl(81.8, 14.3%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(81.8, 25%, 34.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 25%, 65.5%)

LAB

lab(36.13, -7.61, 11.74)

LCH

lch(36.13, 13.99, 122.95)

OKLCH

oklch(44.7%, 0.0361, 124.04)

HWB

hwb(81.8, 25.9%, 65.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a4258

Analogous

#585542

#505842

#455842

Triadic

#505842

#425058

#584250

Split-complementary

#505842

#424558

#554258

Tetradic

#505842

#42584a

#4a4258

#584250

Square

#505842

#425855

#4a4258

#584245

Shades

Color #505842 mixed toward black.

#434937

#353b2c

#282c21

#1b1d16

#0d0f0b

Tints

Color #505842 mixed toward white.

#6f7a5b

#8d9977

#a9b399

#c6ccbb

#e2e6dd

Tones

Color #505842 mixed toward gray.

#505644

#4f5446

#4f5348

#4e5149

#4e4f4b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545448 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#535249 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#504c4d · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 11.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #505842;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505842]

Related colors

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#505842 (#505842) is rgb(80, 88, 66) in RGB.

No, #505842 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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