#502BAE#502BAE

#502BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.193 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502BAE
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 48.58, -63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 80.08, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.0599 -0.1831)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.193 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8099, 6.4886, 40.6663)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502BAE #89AE2B

analogous

#2B47AE #502BAE #922BAE

triadic

#502BAE #AE502B #2BAE50

tetradic

#502BAE #AE2B47 #89AE2B #2BAE92

square

#502BAE #AE2B47 #89AE2B #2BAE92

split-complementary

#502BAE #AE922B #47AE2B

monochromatic

#23134C #391F7D #502BAE #6D45D1 #9376DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#502BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#502BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502BAE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502BAE	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.193 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68c7',
    500: '#502bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502bae;
$custom-light: #8b68c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.947,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42354,
    "c": 0.19264,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502BAE

secondary

#ADC570

accent

#E444B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #502BAE

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

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