Colour

#557D6C

#557D6C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#557D6C is a cyan with RGB values 85, 125, 108 and HSL 155°, 19%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#557D6C#557D6C

HEX#557D6C

RGBrgb(85, 125, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.4902, 0.4235

RGB percentages33.3%, 49%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(154.5, 19%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(154.5, 32%, 49%)

CMYK32%, 0%, 13.6%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,602,668

CSS custom property--colour: #557D6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.63:1

Contrast with white4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#AA8293

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B786Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#74736Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4C7D78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 17.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 19 Gray · ΔE 19.1 Dim grey · ΔE 19.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 17.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D5566

Analogous#557D58, #557A7D

Triadic#6C557D, #7D6C55

Split complementary#7D557A, #7D5855

Tetradic#58557D, #7D5566, #7A7D55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C6D8D0

Lighter +30%#A7C3B8

Lighter +20%#89AF9F

Lighter +10%#6B9A86

Darker −10%#405F52

Darker −20%#2C4038

Darker −30%#17221D

Darker −40%#020403

More saturated +25%#3B9770

Less saturated −25%#696969

Channel breakdown

R85

G125

B108

Red85 (33.3%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue154.5°

Saturation (HSL)19.05%

Lightness41.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G 7D · B 6C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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