Information about #556F74 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A gently muted cyan, #556F74 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Sabbatical (#547377). Slightly further away sit Cadet (#536872) and Dark Electric Blue (#536878).
In RGB terms — rgb(85, 111, 116) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #556F74: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for black. No one has named #556F74 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#556F74 color variations
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#556F74 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#556F74 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#556F74 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#556F74 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#556F74 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 #556F74 color
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Nearest named colors to #556F74
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#547377
#536872
#536878
#4F6971
#5E7175
#566D7E
#5C7670
#516572
#617274
#4F6D69
#59656D
#517B78
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#556F74
- RGB85, 111, 116
- CMYK12, 2, 0, 55
- CSSrgb(85, 111, 116)
- HSL190°, 15%, 39%
- HSL Precise189.677°, 15.423%, 39.412%
- HSV190°, 27%, 45%
- HSB190°, 27%, 45%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.435
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.455
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.435, 0.455)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.435, 0.455, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.435, 0.455)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB43.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB45.5%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID556F74
- DECIMAL ID5599092
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
