#523c5f

Color #523c5f

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 22.28 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#523c5f

RGB

rgb(82, 60, 95)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 22.6%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 36.8%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 36.8%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(29.04, 17.06, -17.1)

LCH

lch(29.04, 24.15, 314.93)

OKLCH

oklch(39.5%, 0.0636, 312.39)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 23.5%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#495f3c

Analogous

#403c5f

#523c5f

#5f3c5b

Triadic

#523c5f

#5f523c

#3c5f52

Split-complementary

#523c5f

#5b5f3c

#3c5f40

Tetradic

#523c5f

#5f3c49

#495f3c

#3c5f52

Square

#523c5f

#5f403c

#495f3c

#3c5b5f

Shades

Color #523c5f mixed toward black.

#44324f

#37283f

#291e30

#1b1420

#0e0a10

Tints

Color #523c5f mixed toward white.

#715383

#906ea3

#ab92ba

#c7b6d1

#e3dbe8

Tones

Color #523c5f mixed toward gray.

#513f5c

#514259

#504556

#4f4853

#4e4b50

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.17:1

White text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494958 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#4b4c56 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#515251 · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #523c5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523c5f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#523c5f (#523c5f) is rgb(82, 60, 95) in RGB.

No, #523c5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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