Information about #505050 color

#505050 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #505050 is classified in the Register under the Greyscale Color Family, with Desaturated and Neutral brightness. In numbers: rgb(80, 80, 80) (31.4% red, 31.4% green, 31.4% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 69 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#505050 is a muted, almost neutral neutral grey that sits comfortably between light and dark. It is a natural fit for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Basalt (#524E50). Nearby in the Register you will also find be Supernormal. Charcoal (#4E4E4F) and Knave (#50534C).

Technically, #505050 is a perfectly balanced RGB mix — red, green and blue all sit at 80, which is what makes it a true neutral. On this background, white text reaches a 8.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.6:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:69) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#505050 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#505050 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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#727272

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#959595

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#B8B8B8

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Alto

#DBDBDB
White

#FFFFFF

#505050 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Reserved

#505050
#3F3F3F

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#2F2F2F

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#1F1F1F

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#0F0F0F

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Black

#000000

#505050 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#505050
#585858

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#626262

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#6C6C6C

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Sonic Silver

#757575
Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#505050 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #505050

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Basalt color link
Basalt

#524E50

be Supernormal. Charcoal color link
be Supernormal. Charcoal

#4E4E4F

Knave color link
Knave

#50534C

Blast Grey color link
Blast Grey

#54514D

Silver Streak color link
Silver Streak

#504E4B

Half Grey Friars color link
Half Grey Friars

#4F5255

Cape Cod color link
Cape Cod

#4E5552

Wireless color link
Wireless

#555350

Dark Liver color link
Dark Liver

#534B4F

Sidewinder color link
Sidewinder

#554D4F

Vampire Gray color link
Vampire Gray

#565051

Dune color link
Dune

#514F4A

#505050 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#505050
  • RGB80, 80, 80
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 69
  • CSSrgb(80, 80, 80)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 31%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 31.373%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 31%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 31%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.314, 0.314)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.314, 0.314, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.314, 0.314)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31.4%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID505050
  • DECIMAL ID5263440
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers55 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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