#523A58#523A58

#523A58 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.058 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523A58
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 88)
HSL	hsl(288, 21%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(288, 34%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 16.67, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 21.69, 320.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0443 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.058 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7539, 5.5247, 9.9412)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523A58 #40583A

analogous

#433A58 #523A58 #583A4F

triadic

#523A58 #58523A #3A5852

tetradic

#523A58 #58433A #40583A #3A4F58

square

#523A58 #58433A #40583A #3A4F58

split-complementary

#523A58 #4F583A #3A5843

monochromatic

#110C12 #302233 #523A58 #74527D #956D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#523A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#523A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523A58

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523A58	1.00	9.98	2.11	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.058 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837087',
    500: '#523a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523a58;
$custom-light: #837087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 20.548,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38747,
    "c": 0.05824,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523A58

secondary

#6D8866

accent

#BD6B7B

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFECEF

border

#CAC7CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #523A58

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

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