#502BB9#502BB9

#502BB9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.205 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502BB9
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 185)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 76.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 51.70, -68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 85.82, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.057 -0.1972)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.205 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9265, 6.9353, 46.5470)
Luminance	0.0694 (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

#502BB9 #94B92B

analogous

#2B4DB9 #502BB9 #972BB9

triadic

#502BB9 #B9502B #2BB950

tetradic

#502BB9 #B92B4D #94B92B #2BB997

square

#502BB9 #B92B4D #94B92B #2BB997

split-complementary

#502BB9 #B9972B #4DB92B

monochromatic

#251456 #3B1F87 #502BB9 #704CD5 #977EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#502BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#502BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502BB9

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502BB9	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D5471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.205 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69cf',
    500: '#502bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502bb9;
$custom-light: #8d69cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.634,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43404,
    "c": 0.20528,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502BB9

secondary

#B4C976

accent

#E542BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #502BB9

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

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