#557b83

Color #557b83

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.94 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#557b83

RGB

rgb(85, 123, 131)

HSL

hsl(190.4, 21.3%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.4, 35.1%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(49.17, -11.17, -8.62)

LCH

lch(49.17, 14.11, 217.66)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.0443, 212.18)

HWB

hwb(190.4, 33.3%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#835d55

Analogous

#558374

#557b83

#556483

Triadic

#557b83

#83557b

#7b8355

Split-complementary

#557b83

#835564

#837455

Tetradic

#557b83

#5d5583

#835d55

#7b8355

Square

#557b83

#745583

#835d55

#648355

Shades

Color #557b83 mixed toward black.

#47676d

#395257

#2b3e42

#1c292c

#0e1516

Tints

Color #557b83 mixed toward white.

#6b969f

#88abb2

#a6c0c5

#c4d5d8

#e1eaec

Tones

Color #557b83 mixed toward gray.

#59797f

#5d767b

#617478

#647174

#686f70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.55:1

White text reads better on this background (4.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686881 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#656281 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#57807f · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 13.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #557b83;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#557b83]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#557b83 (#557b83) is rgb(85, 123, 131) in RGB.

No, #557b83 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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