Information about #56564A color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued grey, #56564A holds a balanced mid-tone. 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 Oilskin (#555349). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Masala (#57534B) and Raptor (#585847).
In RGB terms — rgb(86, 86, 74) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #56564A: 7.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:66) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #56564A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#56564A color variations
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#56564A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#56564A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#56564A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#56564A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#56564A 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 #56564A color
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Nearest named colors to #56564A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#555349
#57534B
#585847
#555A4C
#54514D
#555350
#50534C
#51574F
#5A504B
#5C544E
#5C5248
#585452
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#56564A
- RGB86, 86, 74
- CMYK0, 0, 5, 66
- CSSrgb(86, 86, 74)
- HSL60°, 8%, 31%
- HSL Precise60°, 7.5%, 31.373%
- HSV60°, 14%, 34%
- HSB60°, 14%, 34%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.337
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.337
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.290
- GLSLvec3(0.337, 0.337, 0.290)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.337, 0.337, 0.290, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.337, 0.337, 0.290)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB33.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB29%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID56564A
- DECIMAL ID5658186
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
