#503E52#503E52

#503E52 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.041 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E52
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 82)
HSL	hsl(294, 14%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(294, 24%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 11.93, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 14.98, 322.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0324 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.041 323)
XYZ	xyz(6.5537, 5.7601, 8.7476)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503E52 #40523E

analogous

#463E52 #503E52 #523E4A

triadic

#503E52 #52503E #3E5250

tetradic

#503E52 #52463E #40523E #3E4A52

square

#503E52 #52463E #40523E #3E4A52

split-complementary

#503E52 #4A523E #3E5246

monochromatic

#110D11 #2E242F #503E52 #725875 #937496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#503E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#503E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E52

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E52	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.041 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817382',
    500: '#503e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e52;
$custom-light: #817382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 13.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39084,
    "c": 0.0406,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.0576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E52

secondary

#6D816A

accent

#B77178

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E52

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

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