#502D4E#502D4E

#502D4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.072 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502D4E
RGB	rgb(80, 45, 78)
HSL	hsl(303, 28%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(303, 44%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 21.94, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 25.81, 328.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0615 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.072 329)
XYZ	xyz(5.6217, 4.1326, 7.7078)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502D4E #2D502F

analogous

#412D50 #502D4E #502D3D

triadic

#502D4E #4E502D #2D4E50

tetradic

#502D4E #50412D #2D502F #2D3D50

square

#502D4E #50412D #2D502F #2D3D50

split-complementary

#502D4E #3D502D #2D5041

monochromatic

#140B13 #291728 #502D4E #774374 #9E599A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#502D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#502D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502D4E

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502D4E	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B364F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52303A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 45, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.072 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82677f',
    500: '#502d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502d4e;
$custom-light: #82677f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.429,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35459,
    "c": 0.07174,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.04132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502D4E

secondary

#57825A

accent

#C46963

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #502D4E

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

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