#523f72

Color #523f72

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.7 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#523f72

RGB

rgb(82, 63, 114)

HSL

hsl(262.4, 28.8%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.4, 44.7%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.1%, 44.7%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(30.79, 20.08, -26.48)

LCH

lch(30.79, 33.23, 307.17)

OKLCH

oklch(41.2%, 0.0853, 299.87)

HWB

hwb(262.4, 24.7%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f723f

Analogous

#3f4572

#523f72

#6c3f72

Triadic

#523f72

#72523f

#3f7252

Split-complementary

#523f72

#726c3f

#45723f

Tetradic

#523f72

#723f5f

#5f723f

#3f7252

Square

#523f72

#723f45

#5f723f

#3f726c

Shades

Color #523f72 mixed toward black.

#44355f

#372a4c

#292039

#1b1526

#0e0b13

Tints

Color #523f72 mixed toward white.

#6c5396

#8870b0

#a694c4

#c3b8d7

#e1dbeb

Tones

Color #523f72 mixed toward gray.

#53436e

#544769

#554c65

#565061

#57545d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.31:1

White text reads better on this background (9.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a68 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#4c4d66 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#51605e · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #523f72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523f72]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#523f72 (#523f72) is rgb(82, 63, 114) in RGB.

No, #523f72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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