#502B9D#502B9D

#502B9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.173 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B9D
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 43.75, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 71.01, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.064 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.173 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2562, 5.8672, 32.4838)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B9D #789D2B

analogous

#2B3F9D #502B9D #892B9D

triadic

#502B9D #9D502B #2B9D50

tetradic

#502B9D #9D2B3F #789D2B #2B9D89

square

#502B9D #9D2B3F #789D2B #2B9D89

split-complementary

#502B9D #9D892B #3F9D2B

monochromatic

#1F113D #381E6D #502B9D #6A3CCA #8E6CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#502B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#502B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B9D

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B9D	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.173 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968bb',
    500: '#502b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b9d;
$custom-light: #8968bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.474,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40796,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B9D

secondary

#A1BD66

accent

#E048AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B9D

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

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