#503C4E#503C4E

#503C4E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.040 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C4E
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 78)
HSL	hsl(306, 14%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(306, 25%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.08, 12.34, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.08, 14.46, 328.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0345 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.04 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2991, 5.4874, 7.9336)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C4E #3C503E

analogous

#483C50 #503C4E #503C44

triadic

#503C4E #4E503C #3C4E50

tetradic

#503C4E #50483C #3C503E #3C4450

square

#503C4E #50483C #3C503E #3C4450

split-complementary

#503C4E #44503C #3C5048

monochromatic

#110D11 #2D222C #503C4E #735670 #957291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#503C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#503C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C4E

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C4E	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B414F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40434D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.040 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81727f',
    500: '#503c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c4e;
$custom-light: #81727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3848,
    "c": 0.03999,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C4E

secondary

#687F6B

accent

#B77871

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C4E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →