#504B59#504B59

#504B59 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.024 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504B59
RGB	rgb(80, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(261, 9%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 16%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 5.19, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 9.11, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.0124 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.024 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6272, 7.4589, 10.4871)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504B59 #54594B

analogous

#4B4D59 #504B59 #574B59

triadic

#504B59 #59504B #4B5950

tetradic

#504B59 #594B4D #54594B #4B5957

square

#504B59 #594B4D #54594B #4B5957

split-complementary

#504B59 #59574B #4D594B

monochromatic

#141317 #322F38 #504B59 #6E677A #8C8699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#504B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#504B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504B59

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504B59	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494D5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.024 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d87',
    500: '#504b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504b59;
$custom-light: #817d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 8.537,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4229,
    "c": 0.02373,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504B59

secondary

#828778

accent

#B2769C

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #504B59

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

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