#523a5c

Color #523a5c

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 22.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#523a5c

RGB

rgb(82, 58, 92)

HSL

hsl(282.4, 22.7%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.4, 37%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 37%, 0%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(28.36, 17.61, -16.2)

LCH

lch(28.36, 23.93, 317.39)

OKLCH

oklch(38.9%, 0.0636, 315.7)

HWB

hwb(282.4, 22.7%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#445c3a

Analogous

#413a5c

#523a5c

#5c3a55

Triadic

#523a5c

#5c523a

#3a5c52

Split-complementary

#523a5c

#555c3a

#3a5c41

Tetradic

#523a5c

#5c3a44

#445c3a

#3a5c52

Square

#523a5c

#5c413a

#445c3a

#3a555c

Shades

Color #523a5c mixed toward black.

#44304d

#37273d

#291d2e

#1b131f

#0e0a0f

Tints

Color #523a5c mixed toward white.

#735181

#926ca2

#ad91b9

#c9b5d1

#e4dae8

Tones

Color #523a5c mixed toward gray.

#513d59

#504056

#4e4253

#4d4551

#4c484e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.12:1

White text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494955 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#4a4c54 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#514f4e · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 18.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #523a5c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523a5c]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#523a5c (#523a5c) is rgb(82, 58, 92) in RGB.

No, #523a5c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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