#52506E#52506E

#52506E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.049 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52506E
RGB	rgb(82, 80, 110)
HSL	hsl(244, 16%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(244, 27%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 27.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 8.07, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 18.75, 295.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% 0.0145 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.049 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1621, 8.6568, 15.9370)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52506E #6C6E50

analogous

#505D6E #52506E #61506E

triadic

#52506E #6E5250 #506E52

tetradic

#52506E #6E505D #6C6E50 #506E61

square

#52506E #6E505D #6C6E50 #506E61

split-complementary

#52506E #6E6150 #5D6E50

monochromatic

#1D1C27 #38364B #52506E #6C6A91 #8F8DAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#52506E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#52506E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52506E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52506E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52506E	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48546F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48526D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52506e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 80, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.049 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838197',
    500: '#52506e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52506e;
$custom-light: #838197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52506e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44542,
    "c": 0.04884,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52506E

secondary

#989A80

accent

#B96FB4

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEEF2

border

#CAC9CC

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52506E

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

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