Information about #556F76 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #556F76 reads as a gently muted cyan and sits comfortably between light and dark. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Sabbatical (#547377). Nearby in the Register you will also find Dark Electric Blue (#536878) and Cadet (#536872).
In RGB terms — rgb(85, 111, 118) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #556F76 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 5.4:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 3.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #556F76 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#556F76 color variations
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#556F76 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#556F76 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#556F76 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#556F76 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#556F76 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 #556F76 color
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Nearest named colors to #556F76
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#547377
#536878
#536872
#566D7E
#5E7175
#4F6971
#516572
#5C7670
#617274
#517B78
#4E6E81
#486C7A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#556F76
- RGB85, 111, 118
- CMYK13, 3, 0, 54
- CSSrgb(85, 111, 118)
- HSL193°, 16%, 40%
- HSL Precise192.727°, 16.256%, 39.804%
- HSV193°, 28%, 46%
- HSB193°, 28%, 46%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.435
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.463
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.435, 0.463)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.435, 0.463, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.435, 0.463)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB43.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB46.3%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID556F76
- DECIMAL ID5599094
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
