#502B97#502B97

#502B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.165 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B97
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 42.05, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 67.74, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0652 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.165 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7565, 5.6673, 29.8520)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B97 #72972B

analogous

#2B3C97 #502B97 #862B97

triadic

#502B97 #97502B #2B9750

tetradic

#502B97 #972B3C #72972B #2B9786

square

#502B97 #972B3C #72972B #2B9786

split-complementary

#502B97 #97862B #3C972B

monochromatic

#1E1038 #371D67 #502B97 #6939C7 #8D68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#502B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#502B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B97

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B97	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.165 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867b6',
    500: '#502b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b97;
$custom-light: #8867b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.556,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40267,
    "c": 0.16549,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B97

secondary

#9DBB63

accent

#DF49AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B97

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

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