#502B9B#502B9B

#502B9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.170 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B9B
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.90, 43.19, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.90, 69.92, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0644 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.17 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0869, 5.7994, 31.5919)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B9B #769B2B

analogous

#2B3E9B #502B9B #882B9B

triadic

#502B9B #9B502B #2B9B50

tetradic

#502B9B #9B2B3E #769B2B #2B9B88

square

#502B9B #9B2B3E #769B2B #2B9B88

split-complementary

#502B9B #9B882B #3E9B2B

monochromatic

#1F103B #371E6B #502B9B #6A3BC9 #8E6BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#502B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#502B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B9B

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B9B	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.170 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b9',
    500: '#502b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b9b;
$custom-light: #8868b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.821,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40618,
    "c": 0.17029,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B9B

secondary

#A0BC65

accent

#E048AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B9B

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

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