#052b68

Color #052b68

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.07 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#052b68

RGB

rgb(5, 43, 104)

HSL

hsl(217, 90.8%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 95.2%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.2%, 58.7%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(19.05, 14.05, -39.16)

LCH

lch(19.05, 41.6, 289.74)

OKLCH

oklch(30.7%, 0.1149, 260.03)

HWB

hwb(217, 2%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#684205

Analogous

#055d68

#052b68

#110568

Triadic

#052b68

#68052b

#2b6805

Split-complementary

#052b68

#681105

#5d6805

Tetradic

#052b68

#420568

#684205

#2b6805

Square

#052b68

#68055d

#684205

#056811

Shades

Color #052b68 mixed toward black.

#042457

#031d45

#031634

#020e23

#010711

Tints

Color #052b68 mixed toward white.

#0845a8

#0b60e8

#4086f6

#80aef9

#bfd7fc

Tones

Color #052b68 mixed toward gray.

#0d2d60

#162f58

#1e314f

#263347

#2e353f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.55:1

White text reads better on this background (13.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1c1c5e · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#19175b · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#095452 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 21.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #052b68;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#052b68]

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

#052b68 (#052b68) is rgb(5, 43, 104) in RGB.

No, #052b68 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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