#502A97#502A97

#502A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.167 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502A97
RGB	rgb(80, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 42.58, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 68.31, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% 0.0662 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.167 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7206, 5.5955, 29.8400)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502A97 #71972A

analogous

#2A3B97 #502A97 #862A97

triadic

#502A97 #97502A #2A9750

tetradic

#502A97 #972A3B #71972A #2A9786

square

#502A97 #972A3B #71972A #2A9786

split-complementary

#502A97 #97862A #3B972A

monochromatic

#1D0F37 #371D67 #502A97 #6937C7 #8D67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#502A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#502A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502A97

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502A97	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.167 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867b6',
    500: '#502a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502a97;
$custom-light: #8867b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.917,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40133,
    "c": 0.16671,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502A97

secondary

#9CBB62

accent

#E048AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502A97

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

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