#524545

Color #524545

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.5 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-700 #473c39 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#524545

RGB

rgb(82, 69, 69)

HSL

hsl(0, 8.6%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 15.9%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 15.9%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(30.59, 5.53, 2.05)

LCH

lch(30.59, 5.9, 20.34)

OKLCH

oklch(40.4%, 0.0179, 17.93)

HWB

hwb(0, 27.1%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#455252

Analogous

#52454b

#524545

#524b45

Triadic

#524545

#455245

#454552

Split-complementary

#524545

#45524b

#454b52

Tetradic

#524545

#525245

#455252

#454552

Square

#524545

#4b5245

#455252

#4b4552

Shades

Color #524545 mixed toward black.

#443939

#372e2e

#292222

#1b1717

#0e0b0b

Tints

Color #524545 mixed toward white.

#726060

#927d7d

#ad9e9e

#c8bebe

#e4dfdf

Tones

Color #524545 mixed toward gray.

#514646

#504747

#4f4848

#4e4949

#4d4a4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.3:1

White text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d45 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#4d4e45 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#514545 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 7.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #524545;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#524545]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#524545 (#524545) is rgb(82, 69, 69) in RGB.

No, #524545 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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