#50696c

Color #50696c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#50696c

RGB

rgb(80, 105, 108)

HSL

hsl(186.4, 14.9%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.4, 25.9%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(42.6, -8.43, -4.7)

LCH

lch(42.6, 9.65, 209.14)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.0299, 205.36)

HWB

hwb(186.4, 31.4%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c5350

Analogous

#506c61

#50696c

#505b6c

Triadic

#50696c

#6c5069

#696c50

Split-complementary

#50696c

#6c505b

#6c6150

Tetradic

#50696c

#53506c

#6c5350

#696c50

Square

#50696c

#61506c

#6c5350

#5b6c50

Shades

Color #50696c mixed toward black.

#43585a

#354648

#283536

#1b2324

#0d1212

Tints

Color #50696c mixed toward white.

#67878b

#84a0a4

#a3b8bb

#c1d0d1

#e0e7e8

Tones

Color #50696c mixed toward gray.

#52676a

#556567

#576465

#596263

#5c6060

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.58:1

White text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c6b · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#5a586b · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#516b6b · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #50696c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#50696c]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#50696c (#50696c) is rgb(80, 105, 108) in RGB.

No, #50696c 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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