#505252

Color #505252

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.75 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#505252

RGB

rgb(80, 82, 82)

HSL

hsl(180, 1.2%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 2.4%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 0%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(34.7, -0.81, -0.28)

LCH

lch(34.7, 0.86, 199.07)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.0026, 197.74)

HWB

hwb(180, 31.4%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#525050

Analogous

#505251

#505252

#505152

Triadic

#505252

#525052

#525250

Split-complementary

#505252

#525051

#525150

Tetradic

#505252

#505052

#525050

#525250

Square

#505252

#515052

#525050

#515250

Shades

Color #505252 mixed toward black.

#434444

#353737

#282929

#1b1b1b

#0d0e0e

Tints

Color #505252 mixed toward white.

#6d6f6f

#8a8c8c

#a7a9a9

#c4c6c6

#e2e2e2

Tones

Color #505252 mixed toward gray.

#505252

#515252

#515151

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.67:1

White text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515152 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#515152 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#505252 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 1.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #505252;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505252]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#505252 (#505252) is rgb(80, 82, 82) in RGB.

No, #505252 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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