#052D6C

sRGB · 5 / 45 / 108

#052D6C belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 5 red, 45 green and 108 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 216.7° lands in the azure region. Its 91.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 22.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.14:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 5, 45, 108
HSL: 216.70°, 91.15%, 22.16%
HSV / HSB: 216.70°, 95.37%, 42.35%
CMYK (approx.): 95.37%, 58.33%, 0.00%, 57.65%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 3.707, 2.992, 14.570
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 20.010, 14.355, -40.203
WCAG relative luminance: 0.02992
24-bit decimal: 339308

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #052D6C in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 1.60:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 13.14:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#6C4405 sits half a turn (180°) from #052D6C on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#052D6C #6C4405

Analogous

#05606C and #11056C sit 30° to either side of #052D6C. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#05606C #052D6C #11056C

Triadic

#052D6C, #6C052D and #2D6C05 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#052D6C #6C052D #2D6C05

Split complementary

Start at #052D6C and look across the wheel. #6C1105 and #606C05 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#052D6C #6C1105 #606C05

Square

Starting with #052D6C, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #6C0560, #6C4405, then #056C11. Across the square, #052D6C pairs with #6C4405, and #6C0560 with #056C11.

#052D6C #6C0560 #6C4405 #056C11

Tetradic

#052D6C and #6C4405 are opposites, as are #44056C and #2D6C05. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#052D6C #44056C #6C4405 #2D6C05

Tints

Mixing #052D6C with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #375789, keeps 80% of the original. By #CDD5E2, the mixture is 80% white.

#052D6C #375789 #6981A7 #9BABC4 #CDD5E2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #052D6C with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #042456, keeps 80% of the original. By #010916, the mixture is 80% black.

#052D6C #042456 #031B41 #02122B #010916 #000000

Tones

Mixing #052D6C with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1E3E70, keeps 80% of the original. By #676F7C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#052D6C #1E3E70 #364E74 #4F5F78 #676F7C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#052D6C

RGB

rgb(5 45 108)

HSL

hsl(216.699 91.150% 22.157%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #052D6C;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#052D6C uses 5 red, 45 green and 108 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 2.0%

Green 17.6%

Blue 42.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #052D6C is 95.4% cyan, 58.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 57.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 95.4%

Magenta 58.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 57.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #003366. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #036 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #052D6C when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #003366, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #003366 Nearest web-safe · #003366

Gradient to complement

#052D6C #16315B #27354A #393939 #4A3C27 #5B4016 #6C4405

Color vision previews

Compare how #052D6C appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#00356E

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#002C6B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#003D47

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#00326D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#002D6B

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#003260

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#303030

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#222F55

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00152 G 0.02624 B 0.14996

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.06935 G 0.17343 B 0.40789

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.00591 G 0.02542 B 0.13847

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.174 y 0.141 Y 2.992

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 98.039 M % 82.353 Y % 57.647

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00000101 00101101 01101100