Recognised as Colour

#556D50

#556D50
Green
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#556D50 is a green with RGB values 85, 109, 80 and HSL 110°, 15%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#556D50

RGBrgb(85, 109, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.4275, 0.3137

RGB percentages33.3%, 42.7%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(109.7, 15.3%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(109.7, 26.6%, 42.7%)

CMYK22%, 0%, 26.6%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,598,544

CSS custom property--colour: #556D50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.69:1

Contrast with white5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#AA92AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F684Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B6651no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#546B65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.7 Dim grey · ΔE 20.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.3 Gray · ΔE 22.5 Teal · ΔE 26.3 Sea green · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#68506D

Analogous#636D50, #506D5A

Triadic#50556D, #6D5055

Split complementary#5A506D, #6D5063

Tetradic#50636D, #68506D, #6D5A50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BFCDBC

Lighter +30%#A3B89E

Lighter +20%#86A281

Lighter +10%#6C8A66

Darker −10%#3E503A

Darker −20%#273225

Darker −30%#10150F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#468538

Less saturated −25%#5F5F5F

Channel breakdown

R85

G109

B80

Red85 (33.3%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue109.66°

Saturation (HSL)15.34%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G 6D · B 50

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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