#523f3c

Color #523f3c

A muted dark red.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 16.99 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-700 #473c39 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#523f3c

RGB

rgb(82, 63, 60)

HSL

hsl(8.2, 15.5%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.2, 26.8%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 26.8%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(28.58, 7.74, 5)

LCH

lch(28.58, 9.21, 32.86)

OKLCH

oklch(38.7%, 0.0273, 28.73)

HWB

hwb(8.2, 23.5%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3c4f52

Analogous

#523c44

#523f3c

#524a3c

Triadic

#523f3c

#3c523f

#3f3c52

Split-complementary

#523f3c

#3c524a

#3c4452

Tetradic

#523f3c

#4f523c

#3c4f52

#3f3c52

Square

#523f3c

#44523c

#3c4f52

#4a3c52

Shades

Color #523f3c mixed toward black.

#443432

#372a28

#291f1e

#1b1514

#0e0a0a

Tints

Color #523f3c mixed toward white.

#755a56

#977671

#b19995

#cbbbb8

#e5dddc

Tones

Color #523f3c mixed toward gray.

#50403e

#4e4240

#4c4341

#4b4443

#494645

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.14:1

White text reads better on this background (9.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a3d · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#4c4d3d · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#513d3d · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #523f3c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523f3c]

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Salmon #fa8072

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Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#523f3c (#523f3c) is rgb(82, 63, 60) in RGB.

No, #523f3c 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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