#523A52#523A52

#523A52 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.051 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523A52
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 82)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(300, 29%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.92, 15.30, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.92, 18.48, 325.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% 0.0423 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.051 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5156, 5.4293, 8.6858)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523A52 #3A523A

analogous

#463A52 #523A52 #523A46

triadic

#523A52 #52523A #3A5252

tetradic

#523A52 #52463A #3A523A #3A4652

square

#523A52 #52463A #3A523A #3A4652

split-complementary

#523A52 #46523A #3A5246

monochromatic

#120D12 #2E212E #523A52 #765376 #986E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#523A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#523A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523A52

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523A52	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.051 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837082',
    500: '#523a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523a52;
$custom-light: #837082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38468,
    "c": 0.0507,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523A52

secondary

#668266

accent

#BA6E6E

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFECEE

border

#CAC7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #523A52

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

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