All About Color Ebony

#555D50

Ebony is a deep and rich black color. It's a bold and dramatic color, perfect for creating a powerful and intense space.

About Ebony

Ebony is a dark gray color with the hex code #555D50. In RGB it is red 85, green 93, blue 80; in HSL it is hue 97°, saturation 8%, lightness 34%; in CMYK it is 9%, 0%, 14%, 64%. Its contrast ratio is 6.85:1 on white and 3.07:1 on black.

#555D50 Color Conversion

Hex triplet55, 5D, 50
CMYK8.60%, 0.00%, 13.98%, 63.53%
RGB Decimal85, 93, 80
HSL97°, 8%, 34%
RGB Octal125, 135, 120
HSV (HSB)96.92°, 13.98%, 36.47%
RGB Binary1010101, 1011101, 1010000
CIE-L*AB38.44, -5.86, 6.41
RGB Percent33.33%, 36.47%, 31.37%
CIE-L*CH38.44, 8.69, 132.45
XYZ9.11, 10.34, 9.11
CIE-L*UV38.44, -3.79, 8.78
xyY0.32, 0.36, 10.34
Hunter-Lab32.15, -5.71, 5.72
RYB31.37%, 36.47%, 34.51%

Color Accessibility Scores

#555D50 on a dark background: contrast 3.07:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#555D50 on a light background: contrast 6.85:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Ebony, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Ebony. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#555D50 · #828E7B · #282C26 · #58505E · #877B8E

Analogous palette

#5E5850 · #5C5E50 · #555D50 · #505E51 · #505E58

Triadic palette

#555D50 · #50555E · #5E5055 · #828E7B · #7B828E

Tetradic palette

#555D50 · #505C5E · #58505E · #5E5150 · #282C26

Monochromatic palette

#0D0E0C · #30342D · #555D50 · #7B8773 · #A1AB9C

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