#503f4f

Color #503f4f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.92 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#503f4f

RGB

rgb(80, 63, 79)

HSL

hsl(303.5, 11.9%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(303.5, 21.2%, 31.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 1.2%, 68.6%)

LAB

lab(28.97, 10.61, -6.85)

LCH

lch(28.97, 12.63, 327.15)

OKLCH

oklch(39.2%, 0.0347, 328.19)

HWB

hwb(303.5, 24.7%, 68.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3f5040

Analogous

#483f50

#503f4f

#503f46

Triadic

#503f4f

#4f503f

#3f4f50

Split-complementary

#503f4f

#46503f

#3f5048

Tetradic

#503f4f

#50403f

#3f5040

#3f4f50

Square

#503f4f

#50483f

#3f5040

#3f4650

Shades

Color #503f4f mixed toward black.

#433442

#352a35

#281f27

#1b151a

#0d0a0d

Tints

Color #503f4f mixed toward white.

#725a71

#937691

#ae98ad

#c9bbc8

#e4dde4

Tones

Color #503f4f mixed toward gray.

#4e404e

#4d424c

#4c434b

#4a454a

#494649

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.17:1

White text reads better on this background (9.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#49494b · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#4a4b4b · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#4f4948 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 12.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #503f4f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#503f4f]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#503f4f (#503f4f) is rgb(80, 63, 79) in RGB.

No, #503f4f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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