#503B5F#503B5F

#503B5F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.065 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503B5F
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 95)
HSL	hsl(275, 23%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 38%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 37.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 16.99, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 24.67, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0419 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.065 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9374, 5.6597, 11.5512)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503B5F #4A5F3B

analogous

#3E3B5F #503B5F #5F3B5C

triadic

#503B5F #5F503B #3B5F50

tetradic

#503B5F #5F3E3B #4A5F3B #3B5C5F

square

#503B5F #5F3E3B #4A5F3B #3B5C5F

split-complementary

#503B5F #5C5F3B #3B5F3E

monochromatic

#100C13 #302439 #503B5F #705285 #8F6FA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#503B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#503B5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503B5F

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503B5F	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39445E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.065 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81718c',
    500: '#503b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503b5f;
$custom-light: #81718c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 23.377,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3907,
    "c": 0.06468,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503B5F

secondary

#788F67

accent

#C0688D

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#0A070C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #503B5F

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

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