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Description and conversion results of color #556e62

It is a dark grayish spring green color having an approximate luminance of 44%. It has a hue value of 151° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Hooker's Green, Feldgrau, Ebony, Myrtle Green, Xanadu, Viridian, Wintergreen Dream, Amazon, Deep Space Sparkle and Ming. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color #556e62 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (85, 110, 98) #556e62 hsl (151.2, 12.8%, 38.2%) hsv (151.2, 22.7%, 43.1%) lab (44.2, -11.9, 3.7) xyz (11.5, 14, 13.6)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.

The left side contains the reference color, while the right side shows the matched color. For each item there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy corresponding paints.

   Pantone 18-6011 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 18-6114 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 18-5718 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 160 40 15BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 170 40 15BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 160 40 20BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6460BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6474BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6215BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #556e62 respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark grayish spring green color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Xanadu, Morning Blue, Steel Teal, Artichoke, Ash Gray, Opal, Quick Silver, Silver Sand, Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Platinum, Gainsboro, Cultured and Isabelline.


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark grayish spring green color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Feldgrau, Dark Slate Gray, Ebony, Rifle Green, Outer Space (Crayola), Black Olive, Pine Tree, Kombu Green, Dark Jungle Green, Charleston Green, Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and Black.


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark grayish spring green color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Feldgrau, Ebony, Hooker's Green, Deep Space Sparkle, Nickel, Granite Gray, Dim Gray and Sonic Silver.

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.

In the following tables these color schemes are present.


Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.




This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of green and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green, Morning Blue, MSU Green, Cambridge Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Deep Jungle Green and Opal.


Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.


This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of green and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Hooker's Green, Eggplant, Dark Byzantium, Lilac Luster and Rose Quartz.


Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.



This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of green, red and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Hooker's Green, Dark Liver (horses), Liver, Silver Pink, Tuscany, Independence, Charcoal, Cadet Blue (Crayola) and Wild Blue Yonder.


Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.




This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of green, azure, rose and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Hooker's Green, Charcoal, Gunmetal, Pewter Blue, Cadet Grey, Eggplant, Dark Byzantium, Lilac Luster, Rose Quartz, Dark Lava, Taupe, Grullo and Khaki (Web).

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