#523A42#523A42

#523A42 is a dark, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.036 H 357.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523A42
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(340, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(340, 29%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 19.5%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 12.03, -0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 12.06, 356.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.036 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.036 357.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9761, 5.2136, 5.8447)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523A42 #3A524A

analogous

#523A4E #523A42 #523E3A

triadic

#523A42 #42523A #3A4252

tetradic

#523A42 #4E523A #3A524A #3E3A52

square

#523A42 #4E523A #3A524A #3E3A52

split-complementary

#523A42 #3A523E #3A4E52

monochromatic

#120D0E #2E2125 #523A42 #76535F #986E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#523A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#523A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523A42

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523A42	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56393D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.036 357.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837076',
    500: '#523a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523a42;
$custom-light: #837076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37821,
    "c": 0.03603,
    "h": 357.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523A42

secondary

#668279

accent

#BAA16E

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFECED

border

#CAC7C8

text

#0A0708

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #523A42

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

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