#505f53

Color #505f53

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#505f53

RGB

rgb(80, 95, 83)

HSL

hsl(132, 8.6%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(132, 15.8%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 12.6%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(38.75, -8.42, 4.95)

LCH

lch(38.75, 9.77, 149.55)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.0266, 151.03)

HWB

hwb(132, 31.4%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f505c

Analogous

#545f50

#505f53

#505f5a

Triadic

#505f53

#53505f

#5f5350

Split-complementary

#505f53

#5a505f

#5f5054

Tetradic

#505f53

#505c5f

#5f505c

#5f5350

Square

#505f53

#50545f

#5f505c

#5f5a50

Shades

Color #505f53 mixed toward black.

#434f45

#353f37

#282f29

#1b201c

#0d100e

Tints

Color #505f53 mixed toward white.

#697d6d

#86998a

#a4b2a7

#c2ccc4

#e1e5e2

Tones

Color #505f53 mixed toward gray.

#515e54

#525c54

#545b55

#555a56

#565957

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.1:1

White text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#575756 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#565557 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#515859 · ΔE 8.5

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 10.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #505f53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505f53]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#505f53 (#505f53) is rgb(80, 95, 83) in RGB.

No, #505f53 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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