#555f5e

Color #555f5e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.47 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#555f5e

RGB

rgb(85, 95, 94)

HSL

hsl(174, 5.6%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174, 10.5%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(39.45, -4.09, -0.75)

LCH

lch(39.45, 4.16, 190.39)

OKLCH

oklch(47.7%, 0.0126, 189.61)

HWB

hwb(174, 33.3%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5556

Analogous

#555f59

#555f5e

#555b5f

Triadic

#555f5e

#5e555f

#5f5e55

Split-complementary

#555f5e

#5f555b

#5f5955

Tetradic

#555f5e

#55565f

#5f5556

#5f5e55

Square

#555f5e

#59555f

#5f5556

#5b5f55

Shades

Color #555f5e mixed toward black.

#474f4e

#393f3f

#2a302f

#1c201f

#0e1010

Tints

Color #555f5e mixed toward white.

#6f7c7b

#8b9796

#a8b1b0

#c5cbca

#e2e5e5

Tones

Color #555f5e mixed toward gray.

#565e5d

#575d5d

#575d5c

#585c5b

#595b5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.18:1

White text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595a5e · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#59585e · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#565e5e · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 5.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555f5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555f5e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#555f5e (#555f5e) is rgb(85, 95, 94) in RGB.

No, #555f5e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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