Slate Green

The color code of Slate Green indicates, that green is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with blue it also forms the basic color cyan, but still remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Slate Green is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 10 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 40 %, Slate Green is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#556e57`
RGB	`rgb(85, 110, 87)`
HSL*	`hsl(125, 13%, 38%)`
Lab*	`43.9 -14.23 9.87`
CMYK*	`23% 0% 21% 57%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

57 %

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