#502B8A#502B8A

#502B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.150 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B8A
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 38.40, -46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 60.56, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0674 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.15 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7584, 5.2680, 24.5952)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B8A #658A2B

analogous

#2B368A #502B8A #7F2B8A

triadic

#502B8A #8A502B #2B8A50

tetradic

#502B8A #8A2B36 #658A2B #2B8A7F

square

#502B8A #8A2B36 #658A2B #2B8A7F

split-complementary

#502B8A #8A7F2B #368A2B

monochromatic

#1A0E2D #351C5B #502B8A #6B3AB9 #8C61CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#502B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#502B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B8A

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B8A	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.150 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667ad',
    500: '#502b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b8a;
$custom-light: #8667ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.368,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39166,
    "c": 0.1497,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B8A

secondary

#92B45D

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B8A

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

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