Information about #555969 color

#555969 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#555969 falls into the Blue Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 89, 105) — 33.3% red, 34.9% green, 41.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 8 / 6 / 0 / 59. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#555969 is a softly toned deep-sea blue that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Hammerhead (#515769). Slightly further away sit Silvered Grey (#565B64) and Half New Denim Blue (#535C64).

In RGB terms — rgb(85, 89, 105) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 7.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #555969 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#555969 color variations

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

#555969 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#555969 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#555969 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#555969 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#555969 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #555969

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

Hammerhead color link
Hammerhead

#515769

Silvered Grey color link
Silvered Grey

#565B64

Half New Denim Blue color link
Half New Denim Blue

#535C64

Quadrant Grey color link
Quadrant Grey

#595E6B

Haast Shale color link
Haast Shale

#515664

Snapshot color link
Snapshot

#505F67

Maltese color link
Maltese

#585660

River Bed color link
River Bed

#556061

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

Mobster color link
Mobster

#605A67

Quarter Fuscous Grey color link
Quarter Fuscous Grey

#595A5E

Smoky color link
Smoky

#605D6B

#555969 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#555969
  • RGB85, 89, 105
  • CMYK8, 6, 0, 59
  • CSSrgb(85, 89, 105)
  • HSL228°, 11%, 37%
  • HSL Precise228°, 10.526%, 37.255%
  • HSV228°, 19%, 41%
  • HSB228°, 19%, 41%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.349, 0.412)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.349, 0.412, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.349, 0.412)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB41.2%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID555969
  • DECIMAL ID5593449
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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