#503A55#503A55

#503A55 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.053 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503A55
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 85)
HSL	hsl(289, 19%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(289, 32%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 31.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 15.21, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 19.70, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0406 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.053 320)
XYZ	xyz(6.4608, 5.3876, 9.2921)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503A55 #3F553A

analogous

#423A55 #503A55 #553A4C

triadic

#503A55 #55503A #3A5550

tetradic

#503A55 #55423A #3F553A #3A4C55

square

#503A55 #55423A #3F553A #3A4C55

split-complementary

#503A55 #4C553A #3A5542

monochromatic

#110C12 #2E2131 #503A55 #725379 #936E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#503A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#503A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503A55

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503A55	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.053 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817085',
    500: '#503a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503a55;
$custom-light: #817085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 18.881,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38369,
    "c": 0.05298,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.05387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503A55

secondary

#6C8566

accent

#BC6C7B

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECEF

border

#C9C7CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503A55

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

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