#523B50#523B50

#523B50 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.046 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523B50
RGB	rgb(82, 59, 80)
HSL	hsl(305, 16%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(305, 28%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 2.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 14.22, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 16.70, 328.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.0398 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.046 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4915, 5.5012, 8.3077)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523B50 #3B523D

analogous

#483B52 #523B50 #523B45

triadic

#523B50 #50523B #3B5052

tetradic

#523B50 #52483B #3B523D #3B4552

square

#523B50 #52483B #3B523D #3B4552

split-complementary

#523B50 #45523B #3B5248

monochromatic

#120D11 #2E212D #523B50 #765573 #987094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#523B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#523B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523B50

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523B50	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F434F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 59, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.046 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837181',
    500: '#523b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523b50;
$custom-light: #837181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 16.312,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38588,
    "c": 0.04621,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523B50

secondary

#678269

accent

#B9756F

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFECEE

border

#CAC7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #523B50

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

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