#523c94

Color #523c94

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 6.77 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#523c94

RGB

rgb(82, 60, 148)

HSL

hsl(255, 42.3%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 59.5%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 59.5%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(32.18, 31.8, -45.39)

LCH

lch(32.18, 55.42, 305.01)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.1385, 290.89)

HWB

hwb(255, 23.5%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e943c

Analogous

#3c5294

#523c94

#7e3c94

Triadic

#523c94

#94523c

#3c9452

Split-complementary

#523c94

#947e3c

#52943c

Tetradic

#523c94

#943c7e

#7e943c

#3c9452

Square

#523c94

#943c52

#7e943c

#3c947e

Shades

Color #523c94 mixed toward black.

#44327b

#372863

#291e4a

#1b1431

#0e0a19

Tints

Color #523c94 mixed toward white.

#674cb6

#8570c5

#a494d3

#c2b7e2

#e1dbf0

Tones

Color #523c94 mixed toward gray.

#56438d

#594b85

#5d527e

#615977

#64616f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.43:1

White text reads better on this background (8.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494985 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#4b4c81 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#517875 · ΔE 30.6

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 25

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #523c94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523c94]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#523c94 (#523c94) is rgb(82, 60, 148) in RGB.

No, #523c94 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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