#555e50

Color #555e50

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.99 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#555e50

RGB

rgb(85, 94, 80)

HSL

hsl(98.6, 8%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(98.6, 14.9%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 14.9%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(38.75, -6.46, 6.85)

LCH

lch(38.75, 9.42, 133.32)

OKLCH

oklch(47%, 0.0248, 134.35)

HWB

hwb(98.6, 31.4%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#59505e

Analogous

#5c5e50

#555e50

#505e52

Triadic

#555e50

#50555e

#5e5055

Split-complementary

#555e50

#52505e

#5e505c

Tetradic

#555e50

#505e59

#59505e

#5e5055

Square

#555e50

#505c5e

#59505e

#5e5250

Shades

Color #555e50 mixed toward black.

#474e43

#393f35

#2a2f28

#1c1f1b

#0e100d

Tints

Color #555e50 mixed toward white.

#707c6a

#8c9886

#a9b2a4

#c6cbc3

#e2e5e1

Tones

Color #555e50 mixed toward gray.

#555d51

#565c52

#565a53

#565955

#575856

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.1:1

White text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595954 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#595854 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#555657 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555e50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555e50]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#555e50 (#555e50) is rgb(85, 94, 80) in RGB.

No, #555e50 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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