#523238

Color #523238

A muted dark red.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#523238

RGB

rgb(82, 50, 56)

HSL

hsl(348.8, 24.2%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(348.8, 39%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 39%, 31.7%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(24.83, 15.44, 2.28)

LCH

lch(24.83, 15.61, 8.4)

OKLCH

oklch(35.8%, 0.0472, 7.55)

HWB

hwb(348.8, 19.6%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#32524c

Analogous

#523248

#523238

#523c32

Triadic

#523238

#385232

#323852

Split-complementary

#523238

#32523c

#324852

Tetradic

#523238

#524c32

#32524c

#323852

Square

#523238

#485232

#32524c

#3c3252

Shades

Color #523238 mixed toward black.

#442a2f

#372125

#29191c

#1b1113

#0e0809

Tints

Color #523238 mixed toward white.

#794a53

#a0636e

#b78a92

#cfb1b6

#e7d8db

Tones

Color #523238 mixed toward gray.

#4f353a

#4d373b

#4a3a3d

#473d3f

#453f40

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.87:1

White text reads better on this background (11.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464637 · ΔE 22.9

Deuteranopia

#484a36 · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#513535 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #523238;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523238]

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#523238 (#523238) is rgb(82, 50, 56) in RGB.

No, #523238 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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