#556d48

Color #556d48

A muted dark green.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 13 Nearest Tailwind class green-800 #016630 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#556d48

RGB

rgb(85, 109, 72)

HSL

hsl(98.9, 20.4%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(98.9, 33.9%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 0%, 33.9%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(43.27, -16.43, 17.87)

LCH

lch(43.27, 24.28, 132.6)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.0633, 134.94)

HWB

hwb(98.9, 28.2%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#60486d

Analogous

#686d48

#556d48

#486d4e

Triadic

#556d48

#48556d

#6d4855

Split-complementary

#556d48

#4e486d

#6d4868

Tetradic

#556d48

#486d60

#60486d

#6d4855

Square

#556d48

#48686d

#60486d

#6d4e48

Shades

Color #556d48 mixed toward black.

#475b3c

#394930

#2b3624

#1c2418

#0e120c

Tints

Color #556d48 mixed toward white.

#6f8e5e

#8ba87b

#a8be9c

#c5d3bd

#e2e9de

Tones

Color #556d48 mixed toward gray.

#566a4b

#57674e

#586451

#596154

#5a5e57

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606153 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#5f5d55 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#565a5c · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #556d48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556d48]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#556d48 (#556d48) is rgb(85, 109, 72) in RGB.

No, #556d48 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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