#502172#502172

#502172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.135 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502172
RGB	rgb(80, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 37.35, -37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 53.15, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0822 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.135 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8887, 4.0082, 16.3271)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502172 #437221

analogous

#282172 #502172 #72216C

triadic

#502172 #725021 #217250

tetradic

#502172 #722821 #437221 #216C72

square

#502172 #722821 #437221 #216C72

split-complementary

#502172 #6C7221 #217228

monochromatic

#110718 #2F1343 #502172 #712FA1 #9144C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#502172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#502172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502172

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502172	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.135 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84609b',
    500: '#502172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502172;
$custom-light: #84609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.815,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35864,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502172

secondary

#70A549

accent

#DE4988

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #502172

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

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