#523E40#523E40

#523E40 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.028 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523E40
RGB	rgb(82, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 14%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(354, 24%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 22%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 9.09, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 9.34, 13.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0276 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.028 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1278, 5.6095, 5.6095)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523E40 #3E5250

analogous

#523E4A #523E40 #52463E

triadic

#523E40 #40523E #3E4052

tetradic

#523E40 #4A523E #3E5250 #463E52

square

#523E40 #4A523E #3E5250 #463E52

split-complementary

#523E40 #3E5246 #3E4A52

monochromatic

#110D0E #2F2425 #523E40 #75585B #967478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#523E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#523E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523E40

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523E40	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.028 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837374',
    500: '#523e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523e40;
$custom-light: #837374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 13.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38627,
    "c": 0.02818,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523E40

secondary

#6A817F

accent

#B7B071

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFECED

border

#CAC7C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #523E40

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

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