#503C5C#503C5C

#503C5C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.058 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C5C
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 92)
HSL	hsl(278, 21%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 35%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 34.8%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 15.59, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 22.16, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.0393 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.058 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8556, 5.7100, 10.8641)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C5C #485C3C

analogous

#403C5C #503C5C #5C3C58

triadic

#503C5C #5C503C #3C5C50

tetradic

#503C5C #5C403C #485C3C #3C585C

square

#503C5C #5C403C #485C3C #3C585C

split-complementary

#503C5C #585C3C #3C5C40

monochromatic

#100C13 #302437 #503C5C #705481 #8F70A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#503C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#503C5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C5C

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C5C	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37435D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B445B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.058 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81728a',
    500: '#503c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c5c;
$custom-light: #81728a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39124,
    "c": 0.0584,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C5C

secondary

#758C68

accent

#BE6A89

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C5C

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

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