#502E4E#502E4E

#502E4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.070 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E4E
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(304, 27%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(304, 43%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 21.32, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 25.08, 328.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0597 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.07 329)
XYZ	xyz(5.6603, 4.2098, 7.7207)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E4E #2E5030

analogous

#412E50 #502E4E #502E3D

triadic

#502E4E #4E502E #2E4E50

tetradic

#502E4E #50412E #2E5030 #2E3D50

square

#502E4E #50412E #2E5030 #2E3D50

split-complementary

#502E4E #3D502E #2E5041

monochromatic

#130B13 #291828 #502E4E #774474 #9E5B9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#502E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#502E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E4E

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E4E	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C374F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52313A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.070 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82677f',
    500: '#502e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e4e;
$custom-light: #82677f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 26.984,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35646,
    "c": 0.06967,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.0421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E4E

secondary

#58815B

accent

#C36A64

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E4E

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

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