#52525e

Color #52525e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.17 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#52525e

RGB

rgb(82, 82, 94)

HSL

hsl(240, 6.8%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 12.8%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(35.27, 2.73, -6.96)

LCH

lch(35.27, 7.48, 291.42)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.0195, 285.46)

HWB

hwb(240, 32.2%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e5e52

Analogous

#52585e

#52525e

#58525e

Triadic

#52525e

#5e5252

#525e52

Split-complementary

#52525e

#5e5852

#585e52

Tetradic

#52525e

#5e525e

#5e5e52

#525e52

Square

#52525e

#5e5258

#5e5e52

#525e58

Shades

Color #52525e mixed toward black.

#44444e

#37373f

#29292f

#1b1b1f

#0e0e10

Tints

Color #52525e mixed toward white.

#6c6c7c

#888897

#a6a6b1

#c4c4cb

#e1e1e5

Tones

Color #52525e mixed toward gray.

#53535d

#54545c

#55555b

#56565a

#575759

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.73:1

White text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#52525b · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#52525b · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#525959 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #52525e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52525e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#52525e (#52525e) is rgb(82, 82, 94) in RGB.

No, #52525e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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