#502B8D#502B8D

#502B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.153 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B8D
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.73, 39.24, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.73, 62.23, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% 0.0669 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.153 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9786, 5.3561, 25.7549)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B8D #688D2B

analogous

#2B378D #502B8D #812B8D

triadic

#502B8D #8D502B #2B8D50

tetradic

#502B8D #8D2B37 #688D2B #2B8D81

square

#502B8D #8D2B37 #688D2B #2B8D81

split-complementary

#502B8D #8D812B #378D2B

monochromatic

#1B0E2F #351D5E #502B8D #6B39BC #8C63CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#502B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#502B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B8D

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B8D	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.153 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767af',
    500: '#502b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b8d;
$custom-light: #8767af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.653,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39415,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B8D

secondary

#95B65E

accent

#DD4BA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B8D

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

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