#50404E#50404E

#50404E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.031 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50404E
RGB	rgb(80, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(308, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(308, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 9.75, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 11.36, 329.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0273 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.031 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5167, 5.9225, 8.0061)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50404E #405042

analogous

#4A4050 #50404E #504046

triadic

#50404E #4E5040 #404E50

tetradic

#50404E #504A40 #405042 #404650

square

#50404E #504A40 #405042 #404650

split-complementary

#50404E #465040 #40504A

monochromatic

#110E11 #2E252D #50404E #725B6F #93788F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#50404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#50404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50404E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50404E	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40444F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43464D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.031 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81747f',
    500: '#50404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50404e;
$custom-light: #81747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39355,
    "c": 0.03141,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50404E

secondary

#6D7F6F

accent

#B47C74

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #50404E

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

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