#525564

Color #525564

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#525564

RGB

rgb(82, 85, 100)

HSL

hsl(230, 9.9%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230, 18%, 39.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 15%, 0%, 60.8%)

LAB

lab(36.39, 2.33, -9.05)

LCH

lch(36.39, 9.35, 284.44)

OKLCH

oklch(45.2%, 0.0248, 276.49)

HWB

hwb(230, 32.2%, 60.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#646152

Analogous

#525e64

#525564

#585264

Triadic

#525564

#645255

#556452

Split-complementary

#525564

#645852

#5e6452

Tetradic

#525564

#615264

#646152

#556452

Square

#525564

#64525e

#646152

#526458

Shades

Color #525564 mixed toward black.

#444753

#373943

#292b32

#1b1c21

#0e0e11

Tints

Color #525564 mixed toward white.

#6b6f82

#878a9d

#a5a8b5

#c3c5ce

#e1e2e6

Tones

Color #525564 mixed toward gray.

#545663

#555761

#575860

#58595e

#5a5a5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.84:1

White text reads better on this background (7.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535361 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#535360 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#525e5d · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #525564;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#525564]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#525564 (#525564) is rgb(82, 85, 100) in RGB.

No, #525564 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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