#556264

Color #556264

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.57 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#556264

RGB

rgb(85, 98, 100)

HSL

hsl(188, 8.1%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188, 15%, 39.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15%, 2%, 0%, 60.8%)

LAB

lab(40.55, -4.5, -2.82)

LCH

lch(40.55, 5.31, 212.07)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.0163, 207.82)

HWB

hwb(188, 33.3%, 60.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#645755

Analogous

#55645f

#556264

#555b64

Triadic

#556264

#645562

#626455

Split-complementary

#556264

#64555b

#645f55

Tetradic

#556264

#575564

#645755

#626455

Square

#556264

#5f5564

#645755

#5b6455

Shades

Color #556264 mixed toward black.

#475253

#394143

#2b3132

#1c2121

#0e1011

Tints

Color #556264 mixed toward white.

#6e7f81

#8a999b

#a7b3b4

#c4cccd

#e2e6e6

Tones

Color #556264 mixed toward gray.

#566163

#586062

#595f60

#5a5e5f

#5b5d5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.32:1

White text reads better on this background (6.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b64 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#5a5963 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#566363 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 6.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #556264;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556264]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#556264 (#556264) is rgb(85, 98, 100) in RGB.

No, #556264 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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