#523C42#523C42

#523C42 is a dark, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.032 H 0.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523C42
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(344, 15%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(344, 27%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 19.5%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 10.74, 0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 10.74, 0.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0322 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.032 0.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0789, 5.4192, 5.8790)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523C42 #3C524C

analogous

#523C4D #523C42 #52413C

triadic

#523C42 #42523C #3C4252

tetradic

#523C42 #4D523C #3C524C #413C52

square

#523C42 #4D523C #3C524C #413C52

split-complementary

#523C42 #3C5241 #3C4D52

monochromatic

#120D0E #2F2226 #523C42 #75565E #97717C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#523C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#523C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523C42

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523C42	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.032 0.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837176',
    500: '#523c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523c42;
$custom-light: #837176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.636,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38254,
    "c": 0.03224,
    "h": 0.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523C42

secondary

#68827B

accent

#B8A470

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFECED

border

#CAC7C8

text

#0A0708

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #523C42

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

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