#520000

Color #520000

A vivid, highly saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 23.14 Nearest Tailwind class red-950 #460809 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#520000

RGB

rgb(82, 0, 0)

HSL

hsl(0, 100%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 100%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(14.37, 35.13, 22.44)

LCH

lch(14.37, 41.69, 32.57)

OKLCH

oklch(27.5%, 0.113, 29.24)

HWB

hwb(0, 0%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#005252

Analogous

#520029

#520000

#522900

Triadic

#520000

#005200

#000052

Split-complementary

#520000

#005229

#002952

Tetradic

#520000

#525200

#005252

#000052

Square

#520000

#295200

#005252

#290052

Shades

Color #520000 mixed toward black.

#440000

#370000

#290000

#1b0000

#0e0000

Tints

Color #520000 mixed toward white.

#990000

#e10000

#ff2929

#ff7070

#ffb8b8

Tones

Color #520000 mixed toward gray.

#4b0707

#440e0e

#3e1515

#371b1b

#302222

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.36:1

White text reads better on this background (15.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3d00 · ΔE 33.5

Deuteranopia

#414500 · ΔE 36.7

Tritanopia

#500000 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#242424 · ΔE 23.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #520000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#520000]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#520000 (#520000) is rgb(82, 0, 0) in RGB.

No, #520000 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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