#556768

Color #556768

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.43 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#556768

RGB

rgb(85, 103, 104)

HSL

hsl(183.2, 10.1%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.2, 18.3%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 1%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(42.2, -6.51, -2.83)

LCH

lch(42.2, 7.1, 203.5)

OKLCH

oklch(49.9%, 0.0218, 200.68)

HWB

hwb(183.2, 33.3%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#685655

Analogous

#556860

#556768

#555e68

Triadic

#556768

#685567

#676855

Split-complementary

#556768

#68555e

#686055

Tetradic

#556768

#565568

#685655

#676855

Square

#556768

#605568

#685655

#5e6855

Shades

Color #556768 mixed toward black.

#475657

#394545

#2b3434

#1c2223

#0e1111

Tints

Color #556768 mixed toward white.

#6d8486

#899e9f

#a7b6b7

#c4cecf

#e2e7e7

Tones

Color #556768 mixed toward gray.

#576667

#586465

#5a6363

#5b6162

#5d6060

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.53:1

White text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d68 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#5c5b68 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#566868 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 8.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #556768;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556768]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#556768 (#556768) is rgb(85, 103, 104) in RGB.

No, #556768 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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