#503C52#503C52

#503C52 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.045 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C52
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 82)
HSL	hsl(295, 15%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(295, 27%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, 13.23, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 16.53, 323.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.036 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.045 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4469, 5.5465, 8.7120)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C52 #3E523C

analogous

#453C52 #503C52 #523C49

triadic

#503C52 #52503C #3C5250

tetradic

#503C52 #52453C #3E523C #3C4952

square

#503C52 #52453C #3E523C #3C4952

split-complementary

#503C52 #49523C #3C5245

monochromatic

#110D12 #2E222F #503C52 #725675 #947197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#503C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#503C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C52

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C52	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.045 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817282',
    500: '#503c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c52;
$custom-light: #817282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38653,
    "c": 0.04486,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C52

secondary

#6B8268

accent

#B87076

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C52

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

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