#523A50#523A50

#523A50 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.048 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523A50
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 80)
HSL	hsl(305, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(305, 29%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 2.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, 14.86, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 17.47, 328.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0416 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.048 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4406, 5.3993, 8.2908)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523A50 #3A523C

analogous

#483A52 #523A50 #523A44

triadic

#523A50 #50523A #3A5052

tetradic

#523A50 #52483A #3A523C #3A4452

square

#523A50 #52483A #3A523C #3A4452

split-complementary

#523A50 #44523A #3A5248

monochromatic

#120D11 #2E212D #523A50 #765373 #986E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#523A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#523A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523A50

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523A50	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F434F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.048 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837081',
    500: '#523a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523a50;
$custom-light: #837081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38379,
    "c": 0.04834,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523A50

secondary

#668268

accent

#BA746E

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFECEE

border

#CAC7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #523A50

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

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