Information about #556180 color

#556180 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#556180 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(85, 97, 128) — 33.3% red, 38% green, 50.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 17 / 12 / 0 / 50. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A gently muted sky-leaning azure, #556180 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Lifesaver (#535E7F). Slightly further away sit Rustic Blue (#525D80) and Dark Electric Blue (#536878).

The recipe behind #556180 is rgb(85, 97, 128), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #556180: 6.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for black. No one has named #556180 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#556180 color variations

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

#556180 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 #556180

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

Lifesaver color link
Lifesaver

#535E7F

Rustic Blue color link
Rustic Blue

#525D80

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Waratah color link
Waratah

#55698B

Hendrix color link
Hendrix

#4C567C

Seachange color link
Seachange

#4E6E81

Dusk color link
Dusk

#4E5481

Quantum Leap color link
Quantum Leap

#4F698B

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Wedgewood color link
Wedgewood

#4C6B88

#556180 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#556180
  • RGB85, 97, 128
  • CMYK17, 12, 0, 50
  • HSL223°, 20%, 42%
  • HSL Precise223.256°, 20.188%, 41.765%
  • HSV223°, 34%, 50%
  • HSB223°, 34%, 50%
  • HEX ID556180
  • DECIMAL ID5595520
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB38%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
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