#523E52#523E52

#523E52 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.042 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523E52
RGB	rgb(82, 62, 82)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(300, 24%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 12.72, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 15.41, 325.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.0351 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.042 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7251, 5.8485, 8.7556)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523E52 #3E523E

analogous

#483E52 #523E52 #523E48

triadic

#523E52 #52523E #3E5252

tetradic

#523E52 #52483E #3E523E #3E4852

square

#523E52 #52483E #3E523E #3E4852

split-complementary

#523E52 #48523E #3E5248

monochromatic

#110D11 #2F242F #523E52 #755875 #967496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#523E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#523E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523E52

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523E52	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 62, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.042 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837382',
    500: '#523e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523e52;
$custom-light: #837382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39312,
    "c": 0.04218,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523E52

secondary

#6A816A

accent

#B77171

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEDEE

border

#CAC8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #523E52

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

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