#55686a

Color #55686a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.71 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#55686a

RGB

rgb(85, 104, 106)

HSL

hsl(185.7, 11%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.7, 19.8%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(42.57, -6.62, -3.5)

LCH

lch(42.57, 7.49, 207.87)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.023, 204.34)

HWB

hwb(185.7, 33.3%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a5755

Analogous

#556a62

#55686a

#555e6a

Triadic

#55686a

#6a5568

#686a55

Split-complementary

#55686a

#6a555e

#6a6255

Tetradic

#55686a

#57556a

#6a5755

#686a55

Square

#55686a

#62556a

#6a5755

#5e6a55

Shades

Color #55686a mixed toward black.

#475758

#394547

#2b3435

#1c2323

#0e1112

Tints

Color #55686a mixed toward white.

#6d8588

#899ea0

#a7b6b8

#c4cfd0

#e2e7e7

Tones

Color #55686a mixed toward gray.

#576768

#596567

#5a6465

#5c6263

#5e6161

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e6a · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#5d5b69 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#566969 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 8.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #55686a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55686a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55686a (#55686a) is rgb(85, 104, 106) in RGB.

No, #55686a 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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