#503E56#503E56

#503E56 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.046 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E56
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(285, 16%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(285, 28%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 27.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 12.86, -11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 17.19, 318.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.26% 0.0339 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(39.26% 0.046 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7104, 5.8227, 9.5727)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503E56 #44563E

analogous

#443E56 #503E56 #563E50

triadic

#503E56 #56503E #3E5650

tetradic

#503E56 #56443E #44563E #3E5056

square

#503E56 #56443E #44563E #3E5056

split-complementary

#503E56 #50563E #3E5644

monochromatic

#110D12 #2F2432 #503E56 #71587A #91749B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#503E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#503E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E56

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E56	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.046 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817385',
    500: '#503e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e56;
$custom-light: #817385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 16.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39261,
    "c": 0.04591,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E56

secondary

#71866A

accent

#B96F81

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E56

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

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