#523C44#523C44

#523C44 is a dark, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.033 H 355.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523C44
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 68)
HSL	hsl(338, 15%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(338, 27%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 17.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 11.12, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 11.18, 354.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0331 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.033 355.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1389, 5.4432, 6.1950)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523C44 #3C524A

analogous

#523C4F #523C44 #523F3C

triadic

#523C44 #44523C #3C4452

tetradic

#523C44 #4F523C #3C524A #3F3C52

square

#523C44 #4F523C #3C524A #3F3C52

split-complementary

#523C44 #3C523F #3C4F52

monochromatic

#120D0F #2F2227 #523C44 #755661 #97717F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#523C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#523C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523C44

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523C44	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.033 355.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837177',
    500: '#523c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523c44;
$custom-light: #837177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.182,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38325,
    "c": 0.03323,
    "h": 355.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523C44

secondary

#688278

accent

#B89E70

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFECED

border

#CAC7C8

text

#0A0708

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #523C44

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

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