Information about #523842 color

#523842 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #523842 is classified in the Register under the Rose Color Family, with Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(82, 56, 66) — 32.2% red, 22% green, 25.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 10 / 6 / 68. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A softly toned romantic rose, #523842 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark Puce (#4F3A3C). Slightly further away sit Half Barista (#513F3F) and Wisteria And Burnt Bamboo (#4D3B3C).

The recipe behind #523842 is rgb(82, 56, 66), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 10.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.0:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:68) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #523842 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#523842 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#523842 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #523842

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Dark Puce color link
Dark Puce

#4F3A3C

Half Barista color link
Half Barista

#513F3F

Broadway color link
Broadway

#553146

Earlybird color link
Earlybird

#513939

Loulou color link
Loulou

#4C3347

Crater Brown color link
Crater Brown

#4D3E3C

RockrJen color link
RockrJen

#4C313E

Velocity color link
Velocity

#4B4042

Satellite color link
Satellite

#554244

Tomahawk color link
Tomahawk

#524340

Van Cleef color link
Van Cleef

#523936

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#523842
  • RGB82, 56, 66
  • CMYK0, 10, 6, 68
  • CSSrgb(82, 56, 66)
  • HSL337°, 19%, 27%
  • HSL Precise336.923°, 18.841%, 27.059%
  • HSV337°, 32%, 32%
  • HSB337°, 32%, 32%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.322
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.322, 0.220, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.322, 0.220, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.322, 0.220, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB22%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID523842
  • DECIMAL ID5388354
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01