#525a5a

Color #525a5a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.61 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#525a5a

RGB

rgb(82, 90, 90)

HSL

hsl(180, 4.7%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 8.9%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(37.56, -3.13, -1.08)

LCH

lch(37.56, 3.31, 199.04)

OKLCH

oklch(46.1%, 0.0101, 196.65)

HWB

hwb(180, 32.2%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5252

Analogous

#525a56

#525a5a

#52565a

Triadic

#525a5a

#5a525a

#5a5a52

Split-complementary

#525a5a

#5a5256

#5a5652

Tetradic

#525a5a

#52525a

#5a5252

#5a5a52

Square

#525a5a

#56525a

#5a5252

#565a52

Shades

Color #525a5a mixed toward black.

#444b4b

#373c3c

#292d2d

#1b1e1e

#0e0f0f

Tints

Color #525a5a mixed toward white.

#6d7777

#899494

#a6aeae

#c4c9c9

#e1e4e4

Tones

Color #525a5a mixed toward gray.

#535959

#545858

#555757

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.97:1

White text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#56565a · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#55545a · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#525a5a · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #525a5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#525a5a]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#525a5a (#525a5a) is rgb(82, 90, 90) in RGB.

No, #525a5a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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