#526ba7

Color #526ba7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.25 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#526ba7

RGB

rgb(82, 107, 167)

HSL

hsl(222.4, 34.1%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.4, 50.9%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 35.9%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(45.77, 8.16, -35.1)

LCH

lch(45.77, 36.04, 283.09)

OKLCH

oklch(53.5%, 0.0992, 266.01)

HWB

hwb(222.4, 32.2%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a78e52

Analogous

#5295a7

#526ba7

#6452a7

Triadic

#526ba7

#a7526b

#6ba752

Split-complementary

#526ba7

#a76452

#95a752

Tetradic

#526ba7

#8e52a7

#a78e52

#6ba752

Square

#526ba7

#a75295

#a78e52

#52a764

Shades

Color #526ba7 mixed toward black.

#44598b

#37476f

#293553

#1b2438

#0e121c

Tints

Color #526ba7 mixed toward white.

#6d83b7

#8a9cc6

#a7b5d4

#c5cde2

#e2e6f1

Tones

Color #526ba7 mixed toward gray.

#596ea0

#607199

#677492

#6e778b

#757a84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e9b · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#5c5a98 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#53918f · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #526ba7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#526ba7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#526ba7 (#526ba7) is rgb(82, 107, 167) in RGB.

No, #526ba7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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