#503C56#503C56

#503C56 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.050 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C56
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 86)
HSL	hsl(286, 18%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(286, 30%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 30.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 14.15, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 18.73, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0374 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.05 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6036, 5.6092, 9.5371)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C56 #42563C

analogous

#433C56 #503C56 #563C4F

triadic

#503C56 #56503C #3C5650

tetradic

#503C56 #56433C #42563C #3C4F56

square

#503C56 #56433C #42563C #3C4F56

split-complementary

#503C56 #4F563C #3C5643

monochromatic

#110D12 #2E2332 #503C56 #72557A #92719C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#503C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#503C56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C56

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C56	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.050 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817285',
    500: '#503c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c56;
$custom-light: #817285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 17.808,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38835,
    "c": 0.0501,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C56

secondary

#6F8668

accent

#BA6D7F

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECEF

border

#C9C7CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C56

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

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