#523e5b

Color #523e5b

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 19.05 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#523e5b

RGB

rgb(82, 62, 91)

HSL

hsl(281.4, 19%, 30%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.4, 31.9%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 31.9%, 0%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(29.4, 14.8, -13.96)

LCH

lch(29.4, 20.35, 316.67)

OKLCH

oklch(39.7%, 0.054, 315.08)

HWB

hwb(281.4, 24.3%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#475b3e

Analogous

#433e5b

#523e5b

#5b3e56

Triadic

#523e5b

#5b523e

#3e5b52

Split-complementary

#523e5b

#565b3e

#3e5b43

Tetradic

#523e5b

#5b3e47

#475b3e

#3e5b52

Square

#523e5b

#5b433e

#475b3e

#3e565b

Shades

Color #523e5b mixed toward black.

#44344c

#37293d

#291f2e

#1b151e

#0e0a0f

Tints

Color #523e5b mixed toward white.

#72567e

#91719f

#ac95b7

#c8b8cf

#e3dce7

Tones

Color #523e5b mixed toward gray.

#514059

#504356

#4f4554

#4e4851

#4d4a4f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.2:1

White text reads better on this background (9.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a55 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#4b4d54 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#51504f · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #523e5b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523e5b]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#523e5b (#523e5b) is rgb(82, 62, 91) in RGB.

No, #523e5b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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