#556565

Color #556565

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.01 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#556565

RGB

rgb(85, 101, 101)

HSL

hsl(180, 8.6%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 15.8%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(41.5, -6.04, -2.04)

LCH

lch(41.5, 6.38, 198.66)

OKLCH

oklch(49.3%, 0.0195, 196.39)

HWB

hwb(180, 33.3%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#655555

Analogous

#55655d

#556565

#555d65

Triadic

#556565

#655565

#656555

Split-complementary

#556565

#65555d

#655d55

Tetradic

#556565

#555565

#655555

#656555

Square

#556565

#5d5565

#655555

#5d6555

Shades

Color #556565 mixed toward black.

#475454

#394343

#2b3333

#1c2222

#0e1111

Tints

Color #556565 mixed toward white.

#6e8282

#8a9c9c

#a7b5b5

#c4cece

#e2e6e6

Tones

Color #556565 mixed toward gray.

#566464

#586262

#596161

#5a6060

#5c5e5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.44:1

White text reads better on this background (6.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c65 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#5b5a65 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#566565 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 7.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #556565;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556565]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#556565 (#556565) is rgb(85, 101, 101) in RGB.

No, #556565 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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