#523d5d

Color #523d5d

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 20.63 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#523d5d

RGB

rgb(82, 61, 93)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 20.8%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 34.4%, 36.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 34.4%, 0%, 63.5%)

LAB

lab(29.21, 15.92, -15.53)

LCH

lch(29.21, 22.24, 315.71)

OKLCH

oklch(39.6%, 0.0588, 313.62)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 23.9%, 63.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#485d3d

Analogous

#423d5d

#523d5d

#5d3d58

Triadic

#523d5d

#5d523d

#3d5d52

Split-complementary

#523d5d

#585d3d

#3d5d42

Tetradic

#523d5d

#5d3d48

#485d3d

#3d5d52

Square

#523d5d

#5d423d

#485d3d

#3d585d

Shades

Color #523d5d mixed toward black.

#44334e

#37293e

#291e2f

#1b141f

#0e0a10

Tints

Color #523d5d mixed toward white.

#725481

#9070a1

#ac93b9

#c8b7d0

#e3dbe8

Tones

Color #523d5d mixed toward gray.

#51405a

#504258

#504555

#4f4852

#4e4a50

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.18:1

White text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a57 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#4b4c55 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#515150 · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #523d5d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523d5d]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#523d5d (#523d5d) is rgb(82, 61, 93) in RGB.

No, #523d5d 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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