Information about #00556B color
Basic facts about this digital color
#00556B is a maximally vivid water-like cyan that leans clearly toward the dark side. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Light Blue Silk (#044F67). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Maestro (#005E6D) and Alltricks Duck Blue (#005162).
The recipe behind #00556B is rgb(0, 85, 107), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #00556B: 8.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #00556B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#00556B color variations
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#00556B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#00556B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#00556B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#00556B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#00556B 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 #00556B color
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Nearest named colors to #00556B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#044F67
#005E6D
#005162
#005F6A
#005F69
#00626F
#016162
#00555A
#005959
#005F5B
#00416A
#004170
#00556B color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#00556B
- RGB0, 85, 107
- CMYK42, 9, 0, 58
- CSSrgb(0, 85, 107)
- HSL192°, 100%, 21%
- HSL Precise192.336°, 100%, 20.98%
- HSV192°, 100%, 42%
- HSB192°, 100%, 42%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.000
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.420
- GLSLvec3(0.000, 0.333, 0.420)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.000, 0.333, 0.420, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.000, 0.333, 0.420)
- Percentage of Red in RGB0%
- Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB42%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID00556B
- DECIMAL ID21867
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
