#505e48

Color #505e48

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.05 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#505e48

RGB

rgb(80, 94, 72)

HSL

hsl(98.2, 13.3%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(98.2, 23.4%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 23.4%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(38.16, -10.03, 10.86)

LCH

lch(38.16, 14.78, 132.72)

OKLCH

oklch(46.3%, 0.0388, 134.27)

HWB

hwb(98.2, 28.2%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56485e

Analogous

#5b5e48

#505e48

#485e4b

Triadic

#505e48

#48505e

#5e4850

Split-complementary

#505e48

#4b485e

#5e485b

Tetradic

#505e48

#485e56

#56485e

#5e4850

Square

#505e48

#485b5e

#56485e

#5e4b48

Shades

Color #505e48 mixed toward black.

#434e3c

#353f30

#282f24

#1b1f18

#0d100c

Tints

Color #505e48 mixed toward white.

#6c7e61

#889c7d

#a6b49d

#c4cdbe

#e1e6de

Tones

Color #505e48 mixed toward gray.

#505c4a

#515a4c

#51584d

#52574f

#525551

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.04:1

White text reads better on this background (6.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#56574e · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#56544f · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#515253 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 13.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #505e48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505e48]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#505e48 (#505e48) is rgb(80, 94, 72) in RGB.

No, #505e48 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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