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Colour

#505D5E

  • #505D5E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#505D5E is a cyan with RGB values 80, 93, 94 and HSL 184°, 8%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#505D5E#505D5E
HEX#505D5E
RGBrgb(80, 93, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.3647, 0.3686
RGB percentages31.4%, 36.5%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(184.3, 8%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 14.9%, 36.9%)
CMYK14.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,266,782
CSS custom property--colour: #505D5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#AFA2A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B5C5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#585A5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4C5E5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.1Gray · ΔE 16Slate grey · ΔE 16.8Light slate grey · ΔE 19.7Teal · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 7.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E5150
Analogous#505E58, #50565E
Triadic#5E505D, #5D5E50
Split complementary#5E5056, #5E5850
Tetradic#58505E, #5E5150, #565E50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8C2C2
Lighter +30%#9CAAAB
Lighter +20%#819293
Lighter +10%#67787A
Darker −10%#394242
Darker −20%#212627
Darker −30%#0A0B0B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3A7074
Less saturated −25%#575757

Channel breakdown

R80
G93
B94
Red80 (31.4%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue184.29°
Saturation (HSL)8.05%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 5D · B 5E

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