#524f53

Color #524f53

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.83 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#524f53

RGB

rgb(82, 79, 83)

HSL

hsl(285, 2.5%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 4.8%, 32.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 67.5%)

LAB

lab(34, 2.09, -1.91)

LCH

lch(34, 2.83, 317.58)

OKLCH

oklch(43.2%, 0.0076, 317.68)

HWB

hwb(285, 31%, 67.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#50534f

Analogous

#504f53

#524f53

#534f52

Triadic

#524f53

#53524f

#4f5352

Split-complementary

#524f53

#52534f

#4f5350

Tetradic

#524f53

#534f50

#50534f

#4f5352

Square

#524f53

#53504f

#50534f

#4f5253

Shades

Color #524f53 mixed toward black.

#444245

#373537

#29282a

#1b1a1c

#0e0d0e

Tints

Color #524f53 mixed toward white.

#6f6b71

#8d888e

#a9a6aa

#c6c4c6

#e2e1e3

Tones

Color #524f53 mixed toward gray.

#524f53

#525052

#515052

#515151

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.6:1

White text reads better on this background (8.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515152 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#515152 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#525151 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 3.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #524f53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#524f53]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#524f53 (#524f53) is rgb(82, 79, 83) in RGB.

No, #524f53 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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