#052456

Color #052456

A vivid, highly saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#052456

RGB

rgb(5, 36, 86)

HSL

hsl(217, 89%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 94.2%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(94.2%, 58.1%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(15.31, 11.19, -33.33)

LCH

lch(15.31, 35.16, 288.56)

OKLCH

oklch(27.4%, 0.0978, 259.75)

HWB

hwb(217, 2%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#563705

Analogous

#054c56

#052456

#0e0556

Triadic

#052456

#560524

#245605

Split-complementary

#052456

#560e05

#4c5605

Tetradic

#052456

#370556

#563705

#245605

Square

#052456

#56054c

#563705

#05560e

Shades

Color #052456 mixed toward black.

#041e47

#031839

#02122b

#020c1d

#01060e

Tints

Color #052456 mixed toward white.

#094098

#0d5bda

#3980f3

#7babf7

#bdd5fb

Tones

Color #052456 mixed toward gray.

#0c264f

#122748

#192942

#202a3b

#272c34

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.39:1

White text reads better on this background (15.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#17174d · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#15134b · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#084644 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 20.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #052456;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#052456]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#052456 (#052456) is rgb(5, 36, 86) in RGB.

No, #052456 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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