#525256

Color #525256

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#525256

RGB

rgb(82, 82, 86)

HSL

hsl(240, 2.4%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 4.7%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(35, 0.88, -2.33)

LCH

lch(35, 2.49, 290.69)

OKLCH

oklch(44%, 0.0065, 286.19)

HWB

hwb(240, 32.2%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#565652

Analogous

#525456

#525256

#545256

Triadic

#525256

#565252

#525652

Split-complementary

#525256

#565452

#545652

Tetradic

#525256

#565256

#565652

#525652

Square

#525256

#565254

#565652

#525654

Shades

Color #525256 mixed toward black.

#444448

#373739

#29292b

#1b1b1d

#0e0e0e

Tints

Color #525256 mixed toward white.

#6e6e73

#8a8a90

#a7a7ac

#c5c5c7

#e2e2e3

Tones

Color #525256 mixed toward gray.

#525256

#535355

#545454

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.7:1

White text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525255 · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#525255 · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#525454 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 2.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #525256;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#525256]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#525256 (#525256) is rgb(82, 82, 86) in RGB.

No, #525256 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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