Information about #505550 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #505550 holds a balanced mid-tone. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Calm Green (#51574F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cape Cod (#4E5552) and Knave (#50534C).
The recipe behind #505550 is rgb(80, 85, 80), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #505550: 7.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:67), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #505550 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#505550 color variations
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#505550 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#505550 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#505550 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#505550 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#505550 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 #505550 color
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Nearest named colors to #505550
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#51574F
#4E5552
#50534C
#555350
#545454
#535953
#4F5255
#54514D
#524E50
#525557
#4E4E4F
#4C5356
#505550 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#505550
- RGB80, 85, 80
- CMYK2, 0, 2, 67
- CSSrgb(80, 85, 80)
- HSL120°, 3%, 32%
- HSL Precise120°, 3.03%, 32.353%
- HSV120°, 6%, 33%
- HSB120°, 6%, 33%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.314
- GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.333, 0.314)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.333, 0.314, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.333, 0.314)
- Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB31.4%
- Color FamilyGreen
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID505550
- DECIMAL ID5264720
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
