#502B9E#502B9E

#502B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.174 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B9E
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 44.04, -56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 71.55, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0637 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.174 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3420, 5.9015, 32.9353)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B9E #799E2B

analogous

#2B409E #502B9E #8A2B9E

triadic

#502B9E #9E502B #2B9E50

tetradic

#502B9E #9E2B40 #799E2B #2B9E8A

square

#502B9E #9E2B40 #799E2B #2B9E8A

split-complementary

#502B9E #9E8A2B #409E2B

monochromatic

#1F113E #381E6E #502B9E #6A3CCA #8F6CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#502B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#502B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B9E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B9E	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.174 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968bc',
    500: '#502b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b9e;
$custom-light: #8968bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.304,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40885,
    "c": 0.17386,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B9E

secondary

#A2BE67

accent

#E047AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B9E

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

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