#523A56#523A56

#523A56 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.056 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523A56
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 86)
HSL	hsl(291, 19%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(291, 33%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 32.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.09, 16.20, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.09, 20.60, 321.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.0436 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.056 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6722, 5.4920, 9.5109)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523A56 #3E563A

analogous

#443A56 #523A56 #563A4C

triadic

#523A56 #56523A #3A5652

tetradic

#523A56 #56443A #3E563A #3A4C56

square

#523A56 #56443A #3E563A #3A4C56

split-complementary

#523A56 #4C563A #3A5644

monochromatic

#110C12 #2F2131 #523A56 #75537B #966E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#523A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#523A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523A56

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523A56	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.056 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837085',
    500: '#523a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523a56;
$custom-light: #837085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 19.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38652,
    "c": 0.05567,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523A56

secondary

#6A8666

accent

#BC6C77

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFECEF

border

#CAC7CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #523A56

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

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