#55727a

Color #55727a

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.58 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#55727a

RGB

rgb(85, 114, 122)

HSL

hsl(193, 17.9%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193, 30.3%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(46.14, -8.41, -7.82)

LCH

lch(46.14, 11.48, 222.92)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.0358, 216.49)

HWB

hwb(193, 33.3%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a5d55

Analogous

#557a70

#55727a

#555f7a

Triadic

#55727a

#7a5572

#727a55

Split-complementary

#55727a

#7a555f

#7a7055

Tetradic

#55727a

#5d557a

#7a5d55

#727a55

Square

#55727a

#70557a

#7a5d55

#5f7a55

Shades

Color #55727a mixed toward black.

#475f66

#394c51

#2a393d

#1c2629

#0e1314

Tints

Color #55727a mixed toward white.

#6a8e97

#88a4ac

#a6bbc1

#c3d2d6

#e1e8ea

Tones

Color #55727a mixed toward gray.

#587077

#5b6f74

#5e6d71

#616b6e

#64696b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.07:1

White text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636378 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#615f78 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#577776 · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55727a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55727a]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#55727a (#55727a) is rgb(85, 114, 122) in RGB.

No, #55727a 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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