#50424E#50424E

#50424E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.027 H 330.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50424E
RGB	rgb(80, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(309, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(309, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, 8.46, -4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 9.81, 329.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% 0.0237 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.027 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6315, 6.1521, 8.0444)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50424E #425044

analogous

#4B4250 #50424E #504247

triadic

#50424E #4E5042 #424E50

tetradic

#50424E #504B42 #425044 #424750

square

#50424E #504B42 #425044 #424750

split-complementary

#50424E #475042 #42504B

monochromatic

#110E10 #2E262D #50424E #725E6F #927B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#50424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#50424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50424E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50424E	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42454F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45474E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.027 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81767f',
    500: '#50424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50424e;
$custom-light: #81767f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39801,
    "c": 0.02713,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50424E

secondary

#6F7F71

accent

#B37E75

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #50424E

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

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