#503C5A#503C5A

#503C5A is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.056 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C5A
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 90)
HSL	hsl(280, 20%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 33%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 15.11, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 21.00, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0387 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.056 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7693, 5.6755, 10.4098)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C5A #465A3C

analogous

#413C5A #503C5A #5A3C55

triadic

#503C5A #5A503C #3C5A50

tetradic

#503C5A #5A413C #465A3C #3C555A

square

#503C5A #5A413C #465A3C #3C555A

split-complementary

#503C5A #555A3C #3C5A41

monochromatic

#100C12 #2F2435 #503C5A #71547F #9070A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#503C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#503C5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C5A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C5A	1.00	9.84	2.14	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37425B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.056 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817288',
    500: '#503c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c5a;
$custom-light: #817288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39026,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C5A

secondary

#738A68

accent

#BD6B86

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C5A

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

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