#556562

Color #556562

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.39 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#556562

RGB

rgb(85, 101, 98)

HSL

hsl(168.8, 8.6%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.8, 15.8%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 3%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(41.41, -6.74, -0.34)

LCH

lch(41.41, 6.75, 182.89)

OKLCH

oklch(49.2%, 0.02, 182.86)

HWB

hwb(168.8, 33.3%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#655558

Analogous

#55655a

#556562

#556065

Triadic

#556562

#625565

#656255

Split-complementary

#556562

#655560

#655a55

Tetradic

#556562

#555865

#655558

#656255

Square

#556562

#5a5565

#655558

#606555

Shades

Color #556562 mixed toward black.

#475452

#394341

#2b3331

#1c2221

#0e1110

Tints

Color #556562 mixed toward white.

#6e827f

#8a9c99

#a7b5b2

#c4cecc

#e2e6e5

Tones

Color #556562 mixed toward gray.

#566461

#586260

#596160

#5a605f

#5c5e5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c63 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#5b5a63 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#566363 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 8.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #556562;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556562]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#556562 (#556562) is rgb(85, 101, 98) in RGB.

No, #556562 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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