Information about #355656 color

#355656 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #355656 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(53, 86, 86) — 20.8% red, 33.7% green, 33.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 0 / 0 / 66. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly toned aqua cyan, #355656 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Oracle (#395555). Slightly further away sit Spectra (#2F5A57) and Blue Dianne (#35514F).

The recipe behind #355656 is rgb(53, 86, 86), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 8.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.6:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:66), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #355656 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#355656 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#355656 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #355656

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Oracle color link
Oracle

#395555

Spectra color link
Spectra

#2F5A57

Blue Dianne color link
Blue Dianne

#35514F

Explorer color link
Explorer

#374E59

Espirit color link
Espirit

#354E51

Homegrown color link
Homegrown

#366154

Ivanhoe color link
Ivanhoe

#3B4C57

Navigate color link
Navigate

#304E5E

Timekeeper color link
Timekeeper

#41595A

Jetsetter color link
Jetsetter

#40505A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#355656
  • RGB53, 86, 86
  • CMYK13, 0, 0, 66
  • CSSrgb(53, 86, 86)
  • HSL180°, 24%, 27%
  • HSL Precise180°, 23.741%, 27.255%
  • HSV180°, 38%, 34%
  • HSB180°, 38%, 34%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.208
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.337
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.337
  • GLSLvec3(0.208, 0.337, 0.337)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.208, 0.337, 0.337, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.208, 0.337, 0.337)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB20.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB33.7%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID355656
  • DECIMAL ID3495510
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01