#555f5d

Color #555f5d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#555f5d

RGB

rgb(85, 95, 93)

HSL

hsl(168, 5.6%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168, 10.5%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(39.42, -4.32, -0.18)

LCH

lch(39.42, 4.32, 182.39)

OKLCH

oklch(47.6%, 0.0128, 182.24)

HWB

hwb(168, 33.3%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5557

Analogous

#555f58

#555f5d

#555c5f

Triadic

#555f5d

#5d555f

#5f5d55

Split-complementary

#555f5d

#5f555c

#5f5855

Tetradic

#555f5d

#55575f

#5f5557

#5f5d55

Square

#555f5d

#58555f

#5f5557

#5c5f55

Shades

Color #555f5d mixed toward black.

#474f4e

#393f3e

#2a302f

#1c201f

#0e1010

Tints

Color #555f5d mixed toward white.

#6f7c79

#8b9795

#a8b1af

#c5cbca

#e2e5e4

Tones

Color #555f5d mixed toward gray.

#565e5d

#575d5c

#585c5b

#595b5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.18:1

White text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595a5d · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#59585e · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#565e5e · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555f5d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555f5d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Frequently asked questions

#555f5d (#555f5d) is rgb(85, 95, 93) in RGB.

No, #555f5d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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