#525561

Color #525561

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.28 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#525561

RGB

rgb(82, 85, 97)

HSL

hsl(228, 8.4%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 15.5%, 38%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 62%)

LAB

lab(36.28, 1.59, -7.34)

LCH

lch(36.28, 7.51, 282.22)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.02, 274.31)

HWB

hwb(228, 32.2%, 62%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#615e52

Analogous

#525d61

#525561

#565261

Triadic

#525561

#615255

#556152

Split-complementary

#525561

#615652

#5d6152

Tetradic

#525561

#5e5261

#615e52

#556152

Square

#525561

#61525d

#615e52

#526156

Shades

Color #525561 mixed toward black.

#444751

#373941

#292a31

#1b1c20

#0e0e10

Tints

Color #525561 mixed toward white.

#6b6f7f

#878b9a

#a5a8b3

#c3c5cc

#e1e2e6

Tones

Color #525561 mixed toward gray.

#535660

#54565f

#56575d

#57585c

#58595b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.83:1

White text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#53535e · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#53535e · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#525c5c · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #525561;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#525561]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#525561 (#525561) is rgb(82, 85, 97) in RGB.

No, #525561 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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