#505b5f

Color #505b5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.24 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#505b5f

RGB

rgb(80, 91, 95)

HSL

hsl(196, 8.6%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196, 15.8%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(37.87, -3.33, -3.75)

LCH

lch(37.87, 5.02, 228.39)

OKLCH

oklch(46.3%, 0.0152, 221.54)

HWB

hwb(196, 31.4%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5450

Analogous

#505f5b

#505b5f

#50535f

Triadic

#505b5f

#5f505b

#5b5f50

Split-complementary

#505b5f

#5f5053

#5f5b50

Tetradic

#505b5f

#54505f

#5f5450

#5b5f50

Square

#505b5f

#5b505f

#5f5450

#535f50

Shades

Color #505b5f mixed toward black.

#434c4f

#353d3f

#282d2f

#1b1e20

#0d0f10

Tints

Color #505b5f mixed toward white.

#69787d

#869499

#a4afb2

#c2c9cc

#e1e4e5

Tones

Color #505b5f mixed toward gray.

#515a5e

#525a5c

#54595b

#55595a

#565859

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

3:1

White text reads better on this background (6.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#55555e · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#54535e · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#515d5d · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 5.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #505b5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505b5f]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#505b5f (#505b5f) is rgb(80, 91, 95) in RGB.

No, #505b5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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