Information about #556E6B color
Basic facts about this digital color
A gently muted cyan, #556E6B occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 practically indistinguishable from Odyssey (#4F6D69). Slightly further away sit Cadet (#536872) and Streetwise (#4F6971).
Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(85, 110, 107)), which gives #556E6B its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #556E6B: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for black. No one has named #556E6B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#556E6B color variations
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#556E6B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#556E6B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#556E6B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#556E6B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#556E6B 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #556E6B color
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Nearest named colors to #556E6B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4F6D69
#536872
#4F6971
#4F666A
#59656D
#606E68
#5C7670
#516572
#54626F
#4D646C
#547377
#5E7175
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#556E6B
- RGB85, 110, 107
- CMYK10, 0, 1, 57
- CSSrgb(85, 110, 107)
- HSL173°, 13%, 38%
- HSL Precise172.8°, 12.821%, 38.235%
- HSV173°, 23%, 43%
- HSB173°, 23%, 43%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.420
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.431, 0.420)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.431, 0.420, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.431, 0.420)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB42%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID556E6B
- DECIMAL ID5598827
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
