#252572

Color #252572

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 8.5 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#252572

RGB

rgb(37, 37, 114)

HSL

hsl(240, 51%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 67.5%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(19.77, 26.19, -44.42)

LCH

lch(19.77, 51.57, 300.52)

OKLCH

oklch(31.9%, 0.1289, 276.24)

HWB

hwb(240, 14.5%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#727225

Analogous

#254b72

#252572

#4b2572

Triadic

#252572

#722525

#257225

Split-complementary

#252572

#724b25

#4b7225

Tetradic

#252572

#722572

#727225

#257225

Square

#252572

#72254b

#727225

#25724b

Shades

Color #252572 mixed toward black.

#1f1f5f

#19194c

#121239

#0c0c26

#060613

Tints

Color #252572 mixed toward white.

#34349f

#4a4ac4

#7777d3

#a5a5e2

#d2d2f0

Tones

Color #252572 mixed toward gray.

#2b2b6c

#323265

#38385f

#3f3f58

#454552

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.59:1

White text reads better on this background (13.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#252566 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#252562 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#255a58 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#303030 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #252572;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252572]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#252572 (#252572) is rgb(37, 37, 114) in RGB.

No, #252572 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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