#52535a

Color #52535a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#52535a

RGB

rgb(82, 83, 90)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 4.7%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 8.9%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(35.44, 1.17, -4.21)

LCH

lch(35.44, 4.37, 285.53)

OKLCH

oklch(44.4%, 0.0115, 279.54)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 32.2%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5952

Analogous

#52575a

#52535a

#55525a

Triadic

#52535a

#5a5253

#535a52

Split-complementary

#52535a

#5a5552

#575a52

Tetradic

#52535a

#59525a

#5a5952

#535a52

Square

#52535a

#5a5257

#5a5952

#525a55

Shades

Color #52535a mixed toward black.

#44454b

#37373c

#29292d

#1b1c1e

#0e0e0f

Tints

Color #52535a mixed toward white.

#6d6e77

#898a94

#a6a7ae

#c4c5c9

#e1e2e4

Tones

Color #52535a mixed toward gray.

#535359

#535459

#545458

#555557

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.74:1

White text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525258 · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#525258 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#525757 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 4.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #52535a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52535a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#52535a (#52535a) is rgb(82, 83, 90) in RGB.

No, #52535a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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