#523C4E#523C4E

#523C4E is a dark, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.042 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523C4E
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 78)
HSL	hsl(311, 15%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(311, 27%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 4.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.32, 13.14, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.32, 14.97, 331.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0372 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.042 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4706, 5.5758, 7.9416)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523C4E #3C5240

analogous

#4B3C52 #523C4E #523C43

triadic

#523C4E #4E523C #3C4E52

tetradic

#523C4E #524B3C #3C5240 #3C4352

square

#523C4E #524B3C #3C5240 #3C4352

split-complementary

#523C4E #43523C #3C524B

monochromatic

#120D11 #2F222C #523C4E #755670 #977190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#523C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#523C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523C4E

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523C4E	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C414F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41444D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.042 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83727f',
    500: '#523c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523c4e;
$custom-light: #83727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.909,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38715,
    "c": 0.04183,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523C4E

secondary

#68826D

accent

#B87D70

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFECEE

border

#CAC7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #523C4E

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

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