#503D4E#503D4E

#503D4E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.038 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503D4E
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 78)
HSL	hsl(306, 13%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(306, 24%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 11.69, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 13.68, 328.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.0327 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.038 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3520, 5.5932, 7.9512)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503D4E #3D503F

analogous

#483D50 #503D4E #503D44

triadic

#503D4E #4E503D #3D4E50

tetradic

#503D4E #50483D #3D503F #3D4450

square

#503D4E #50483D #3D503F #3D4450

split-complementary

#503D4E #44503D #3D5048

monochromatic

#110D11 #2D232C #503D4E #735770 #947391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#503D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#503D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503D4E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503D4E	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C414F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41444D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.038 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81727f',
    500: '#503d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503d4e;
$custom-light: #81727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 13.475,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38697,
    "c": 0.03784,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503D4E

secondary

#697F6C

accent

#B67971

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503D4E

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

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