Information about #50172E color
Basic facts about this digital color
#50172E presents itself as a pleasantly vivid rose — one that stays on the darker end of the scale. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Encore (#54162C). Slightly further away sit Arthouse (#4D202E) and Light Chocolate Cosmos (#551F2F).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(80, 23, 46)), which gives #50172E its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #50172E: 14.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:69), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. No one has named #50172E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#50172E color variations
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#50172E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#50172E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#50172E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#50172E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#50172E color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #50172E color
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Nearest named colors to #50172E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#54162C
#4D202E
#551F2F
#4D1B25
#561426
#551B24
#43182F
#51242B
#511D22
#462028
#4B252A
#522426
#50172E color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#50172E
- RGB80, 23, 46
- CMYK0, 22, 13, 69
- CSSrgb(80, 23, 46)
- HSL336°, 55%, 20%
- HSL Precise335.789°, 55.34%, 20.196%
- HSV336°, 71%, 31%
- HSB336°, 71%, 31%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.090
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.180
- GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.090, 0.180)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.090, 0.180, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.090, 0.180)
- Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB18%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID50172E
- DECIMAL ID5248814
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers6 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
