#556f74

Color #556f74

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.13 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#556f74

RGB

rgb(85, 111, 116)

HSL

hsl(189.7, 15.4%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.7, 26.7%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(45.03, -8.22, -5.89)

LCH

lch(45.03, 10.11, 215.62)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.0314, 210.65)

HWB

hwb(189.7, 33.3%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#745a55

Analogous

#557469

#556f74

#555f74

Triadic

#556f74

#74556f

#6f7455

Split-complementary

#556f74

#74555f

#746955

Tetradic

#556f74

#5a5574

#745a55

#6f7455

Square

#556f74

#695574

#745a55

#5f7455

Shades

Color #556f74 mixed toward black.

#475c61

#394a4d

#2a373a

#1c2527

#0e1213

Tints

Color #556f74 mixed toward white.

#6b8b92

#88a3a8

#a6babe

#c4d1d3

#e1e8e9

Tones

Color #556f74 mixed toward gray.

#586d71

#5a6b6f

#5d6a6c

#5f686a

#626667

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616273 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#605e73 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#577272 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #556f74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556f74]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#556f74 (#556f74) is rgb(85, 111, 116) in RGB.

No, #556f74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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