#502B8B#502B8B

#502B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.151 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B8B
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.57, 38.68, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.57, 61.12, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.0672 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.151 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8311, 5.2971, 24.9783)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B8B #668B2B

analogous

#2B368B #502B8B #802B8B

triadic

#502B8B #8B502B #2B8B50

tetradic

#502B8B #8B2B36 #668B2B #2B8B80

square

#502B8B #8B2B36 #668B2B #2B8B80

split-complementary

#502B8B #8B802B #368B2B

monochromatic

#1A0E2E #351D5C #502B8B #6B39BA #8C62CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#502B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#502B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B8B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B8B	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.151 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667ae',
    500: '#502b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b8b;
$custom-light: #8667ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.125,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39249,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B8B

secondary

#93B55D

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B8B

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

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