#52546E#52546E

#52546E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.042 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52546E
RGB	rgb(82, 84, 110)
HSL	hsl(236, 15%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 25%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, 5.54, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 16.12, 290.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.45% 0.0082 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(45.45% 0.042 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4638, 9.2601, 16.0376)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52546E #6E6C52

analogous

#52626E #52546E #5E526E

triadic

#52546E #6E5254 #546E52

tetradic

#52546E #6E5262 #6E6C52 #526E5E

square

#52546E #6E5262 #6E6C52 #526E5E

split-complementary

#52546E #6E5E52 #626E52

monochromatic

#1E1E28 #38394B #52546E #6C6F91 #8F91AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#52546E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#52546E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52546E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52546E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52546E	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D576F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C556D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B595D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52546e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 84, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.042 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838497',
    500: '#52546e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52546e;
$custom-light: #838497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52546e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 14.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45446,
    "c": 0.04239,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52546E

secondary

#999882

accent

#B270B7

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFEFF2

border

#CACACC

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52546E

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

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