#502B4E#502B4E

#502B4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.076 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B4E
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 78)
HSL	hsl(303, 30%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(303, 46%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 23.18, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 27.26, 328.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.065 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.076 329)
XYZ	xyz(5.5472, 3.9836, 7.6830)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B4E #2B502D

analogous

#402B50 #502B4E #502B3C

triadic

#502B4E #4E502B #2B4E50

tetradic

#502B4E #50402B #2B502D #2B3C50

square

#502B4E #50402B #2B502D #2B3C50

split-complementary

#502B4E #3C502B #2B5040

monochromatic

#140B13 #281627 #502B4E #784075 #A0569C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#502B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#502B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B4E

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B4E	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29354F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.076 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82657f',
    500: '#502b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b4e;
$custom-light: #82657f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.243,
    "s": 30.081,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35093,
    "c": 0.07582,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.03983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B4E

secondary

#558257

accent

#C66761

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B4E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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