#503B4E#503B4E

#503B4E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.042 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503B4E
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 78)
HSL	hsl(306, 15%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(306, 26%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.80, 12.99, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.80, 15.23, 328.51°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0363 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.042 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2472, 5.3836, 7.9163)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503B4E #3B503D

analogous

#483B50 #503B4E #503B44

triadic

#503B4E #4E503B #3B4E50

tetradic

#503B4E #50483B #3B503D #3B4450

square

#503B4E #50483B #3B503D #3B4450

split-complementary

#503B4E #44503B #3B5048

monochromatic

#120D11 #2D212C #503B4E #735570 #957092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#503B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#503B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503B4E

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503B4E	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)

#3A404F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F434D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.042 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81717f',
    500: '#503b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503b4e;
$custom-light: #81717f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.714,
    "s": 15.108,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38266,
    "c": 0.04213,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503B4E

secondary

#67806A

accent

#B87770

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503B4E

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

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