Information about #557D3B color
Basic facts about this digital color
A moderately toned zesty chartreuse, #557D3B 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 just a few steps away from Fern Green (#4F7942). Slightly further away sit Barmy Army (#607640) and Dingley (#607C47).
The recipe behind #557D3B is rgb(85, 125, 59), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #557D3B: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#557D3B color variations
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#557D3B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#557D3B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#557D3B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#557D3B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#557D3B 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 #557D3B color
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Nearest named colors to #557D3B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4F7942
#607640
#607C47
#5A6E41
#667C3E
#5B8930
#507D2A
#536D33
#4B6F44
#5E8C31
#657432
#698339
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#557D3B
- RGB85, 125, 59
- CMYK16, 0, 26, 51
- CSSrgb(85, 125, 59)
- HSL96°, 36%, 36%
- HSL Precise96.364°, 35.87%, 36.078%
- HSV96°, 53%, 49%
- HSB96°, 53%, 49%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.490
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.231
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.490, 0.231)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.490, 0.231, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.490, 0.231)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB49%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB23.1%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID557D3B
- DECIMAL ID5602619
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
