Information about #055D70 color

#055D70 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#055D70 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Full Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(5, 93, 112) — 2% red, 36.5% green, 43.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 42 / 7 / 0 / 56. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #055D70 reads as a pure, full-strength water-like cyan and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Maestro (#005E6D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Blue Lagoon (#00626F) and Petrol (#005F6A).

The recipe behind #055D70 is rgb(5, 93, 112), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #055D70: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. #055D70 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#055D70 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#055D70 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #055D70

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#055D70
  • RGB5, 93, 112
  • CMYK42, 7, 0, 56
  • CSSrgb(5, 93, 112)
  • HSL191°, 91%, 23%
  • HSL Precise190.654°, 91.453%, 22.941%
  • HSV191°, 96%, 44%
  • HSB191°, 96%, 44%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.365
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.439
  • GLSLvec3(0.020, 0.365, 0.439)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.020, 0.365, 0.439, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.020, 0.365, 0.439)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB43.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID055D70
  • DECIMAL ID351600
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01