#504A5C#504A5C

#504A5C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.030 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504A5C
RGB	rgb(80, 74, 92)
HSL	hsl(260, 11%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(260, 20%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 19.6%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.65, 6.55, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.65, 11.68, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0153 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.03 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6884, 7.3757, 11.1418)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504A5C #565C4A

analogous

#4A4D5C #504A5C #594A5C

triadic

#504A5C #5C504A #4A5C50

tetradic

#504A5C #5C4A4D #565C4A #4A5C59

square

#504A5C #5C4A4D #565C4A #4A5C59

split-complementary

#504A5C #5C594A #4D5C4A

monochromatic

#151318 #332F3A #504A5C #6D657E #8C849C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#504A5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#504A5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504A5C

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504A5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504A5C	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504a5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 74, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.030 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817c8a',
    500: '#504a5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504a5c;
$custom-light: #817c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504a5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42186,
    "c": 0.03039,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504A5C

secondary

#848A77

accent

#B4749F

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #504A5C

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

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