#502B85#502B85

#502B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.144 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B85
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.09, 37.01, -44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.09, 57.77, 309.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.068 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.144 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4047, 5.1266, 22.7325)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B85 #60852B

analogous

#2B3385 #502B85 #7D2B85

triadic

#502B85 #85502B #2B8550

tetradic

#502B85 #852B33 #60852B #2B857D

square

#502B85 #852B33 #60852B #2B857D

split-complementary

#502B85 #857D2B #33852B

monochromatic

#180D29 #341C57 #502B85 #6C3AB3 #8C5FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#502B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#502B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B85

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B85	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.144 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a9',
    500: '#502b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b85;
$custom-light: #8667a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.667,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3876,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B85

secondary

#8EB15B

accent

#DB4DA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B85

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

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