#504C5A#504C5A

#504C5A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.023 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504C5A
RGB	rgb(80, 76, 90)
HSL	hsl(257, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 16%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 4.79, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 9.01, 302.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.0112 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.023 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7378, 7.6125, 10.7326)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504C5A #565A4C

analogous

#4C4F5A #504C5A #574C5A

triadic

#504C5A #5A504C #4C5A50

tetradic

#504C5A #5A4C4F #565A4C #4C5A57

square

#504C5A #5A4C4F #565A4C #4C5A57

split-complementary

#504C5A #5A574C #4F5A4C

monochromatic

#151418 #333039 #504C5A #6D687B #8C879A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#504C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#504C5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504C5A

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504C5A	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 76, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.023 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817e88',
    500: '#504c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504c5a;
$custom-light: #817e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 8.434,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42562,
    "c": 0.02341,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504C5A

secondary

#848879

accent

#B176A1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #504C5A

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

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