#556815

Color #556815

A moderately saturated dark green.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 10.68 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#556815

RGB

rgb(85, 104, 21)

HSL

hsl(73.7, 66.4%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(73.7, 79.8%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 79.8%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(41.03, -19.37, 41.2)

LCH

lch(41.03, 45.53, 115.18)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.1074, 122.06)

HWB

hwb(73.7, 8.2%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#281568

Analogous

#685115

#556815

#2c6815

Triadic

#556815

#155568

#681555

Split-complementary

#556815

#152c68

#511568

Tetradic

#556815

#156828

#281568

#681555

Square

#556815

#156851

#281568

#68152c

Shades

Color #556815 mixed toward black.

#475711

#39450e

#2b340a

#1c2307

#0e1103

Tints

Color #556815 mixed toward white.

#819d20

#acd32b

#c1df5f

#d6e994

#eaf4ca

Tones

Color #556815 mixed toward gray.

#51611c

#4e5a23

#4a532a

#464c31

#424538

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.38:1

White text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e38 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#5d5b3d · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#56484b · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 22.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #556815;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556815]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#556815 (#556815) is rgb(85, 104, 21) in RGB.

No, #556815 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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