#556c72

Color #556c72

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.3 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#556c72

RGB

rgb(85, 108, 114)

HSL

hsl(192.4, 14.6%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.4, 25.4%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(44.05, -6.98, -6.14)

LCH

lch(44.05, 9.3, 221.34)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0288, 215.4)

HWB

hwb(192.4, 33.3%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#725b55

Analogous

#557269

#556c72

#555d72

Triadic

#556c72

#72556c

#6c7255

Split-complementary

#556c72

#72555d

#726955

Tetradic

#556c72

#5b5572

#725b55

#6c7255

Square

#556c72

#695572

#725b55

#5d7255

Shades

Color #556c72 mixed toward black.

#475a5f

#39484c

#2a3639

#1c2426

#0e1213

Tints

Color #556c72 mixed toward white.

#6b8890

#88a0a6

#a6b8bd

#c4d0d3

#e1e7e9

Tones

Color #556c72 mixed toward gray.

#576b70

#5a696d

#5c686b

#5f6668

#616566

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.77:1

White text reads better on this background (5.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606071 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#5e5d70 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#566f6f · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 9.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #556c72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556c72]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#556c72 (#556c72) is rgb(85, 108, 114) in RGB.

No, #556c72 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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