#503A4E#503A4E

#503A4E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.044 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503A4E
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 78)
HSL	hsl(305, 16%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(305, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 13.63, -8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 16.00, 328.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0381 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.044 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1963, 5.2818, 7.8993)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503A4E #3A503C

analogous

#473A50 #503A4E #503A43

triadic

#503A4E #4E503A #3A4E50

tetradic

#503A4E #50473A #3A503C #3A4350

square

#503A4E #50473A #3A503C #3A4350

split-complementary

#503A4E #43503A #3A5047

monochromatic

#120D11 #2D202B #503A4E #735471 #966E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#503A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#503A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503A4E

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503A4E	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E424D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.044 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81707f',
    500: '#503a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503a4e;
$custom-light: #81707f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 15.942,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38053,
    "c": 0.04428,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503A4E

secondary

#668068

accent

#B9766F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503A4E

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

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