Information about #50555B color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #50555B 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 practically indistinguishable from Jimmy Dean (#51535D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dark Bluish Grey (#535359) and Quarter Foundry (#525557).
The recipe behind #50555B is rgb(80, 85, 91), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #50555B: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:64), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #50555B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#50555B color variations
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#50555B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#50555B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#50555B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#50555B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#50555B 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 #50555B color
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Nearest named colors to #50555B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#51535D
#535359
#525557
#54585A
#535959
#555759
#55585C
#4C5356
#4F5255
#565657
#4B5761
#545454
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#50555B
- RGB80, 85, 91
- CMYK4, 2, 0, 64
- CSSrgb(80, 85, 91)
- HSL213°, 6%, 34%
- HSL Precise212.727°, 6.433%, 33.529%
- HSV213°, 12%, 36%
- HSB213°, 12%, 36%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.357
- GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.333, 0.357)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.333, 0.357, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.333, 0.357)
- Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB35.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID50555B
- DECIMAL ID5264731
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
