Information about #557375 color

#557375 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #557375 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 115, 117) — 33.3% red, 45.1% green, 45.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 1 / 0 / 54. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#557375 presents itself as a gently muted cyan — one 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 Sabbatical (#547377). Slightly further away sit Imprint (#5C7670) and Gateway (#5E7175).

In RGB terms — rgb(85, 115, 117) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.1:1. #557375 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#557375 color variations

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

#557375 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 #557375

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

Sabbatical color link
Sabbatical

#547377

Imprint color link
Imprint

#5C7670

Gateway color link
Gateway

#5E7175

Breaker Bay color link
Breaker Bay

#517B78

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Obelisk color link
Obelisk

#617274

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Green Copper color link
Green Copper

#527F76

Beetle Green color link
Beetle Green

#4C787E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#557375
  • RGB85, 115, 117
  • CMYK13, 1, 0, 54
  • CSSrgb(85, 115, 117)
  • HSL184°, 16%, 40%
  • HSL Precise183.75°, 15.842%, 39.608%
  • HSV184°, 27%, 46%
  • HSB184°, 27%, 46%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.459
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.451, 0.459)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.451, 0.459, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.451, 0.459)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID557375
  • DECIMAL ID5600117
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01