#505F42

A dark, muted green closely aligning with Darkolivegreen.

About #505F42

At its core, #505F42 is a dark and muted hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkolivegreen. Its digital footprint relies on 80 parts red, 95 parts green, and 66 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 16% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 91.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#505F42
RGB80, 95, 66
HSL91.0°, 18.0%, 31.6%
CMYK16%, 0%, 31%, 63%
HSV91.0°, 30.5%, 37.3%
LAB38.3, -11.7, 14.8
XYZ8.4, 10.3, 6.7
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Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.87:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.06:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
6.57:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.60:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #505F42; }
.text-color { color: #505F42; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #505F42; }

Similar Colors

Darkolivegreen
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