#52505E#52505E

#52505E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.023 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52505E
RGB	rgb(82, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(249, 8%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(249, 15%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, 3.99, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 8.81, 296.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.0086 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.023 292)
XYZ	xyz(8.3683, 8.3393, 11.7563)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52505E #5C5E50

analogous

#50555E #52505E #59505E

triadic

#52505E #5E5250 #505E52

tetradic

#52505E #5E5055 #5C5E50 #505E59

square

#52505E #5E5055 #5C5E50 #505E59

split-complementary

#52505E #5E5950 #555E50

monochromatic

#18181C #35343D #52505E #6F6C7F #8E8C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#52505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#52505E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52505E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52505E	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D525F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.023 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82818b',
    500: '#52505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52505e;
$custom-light: #82818b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 8.046,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43838,
    "c": 0.02289,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.08339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52505E

secondary

#8A8C7E

accent

#B177A9

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #52505E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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