Information about #556880 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly toned sky-leaning azure, #556880 carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Marble Blue (#566D7E). Slightly further away sit Dark Electric Blue (#536878) and Seachange (#4E6E81).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(85, 104, 128)), which gives #556880 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 5.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #556880 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#556880 color variations
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#556880 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#556880 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#556880 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#556880 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#556880 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 #556880 color
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Nearest named colors to #556880
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#566D7E
#536878
#4E6E81
#535E7F
#55698B
#525D80
#596A8B
#4C6B88
#4F698B
#616D7E
#536872
#547377
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#556880
- RGB85, 104, 128
- CMYK17, 9, 0, 50
- CSSrgb(85, 104, 128)
- HSL213°, 20%, 42%
- HSL Precise213.488°, 20.188%, 41.765%
- HSV213°, 34%, 50%
- HSB213°, 34%, 50%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.408
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.408, 0.502)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.408, 0.502, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.408, 0.502)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB40.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID556880
- DECIMAL ID5597312
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
