#502C74#502C74

#502C74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.121 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C74
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 116)
HSL	hsl(270, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 62.1%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 31.82, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 47.51, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0679 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.121 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3606, 4.7678, 17.0521)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C74 #50742C

analogous

#2C2C74 #502C74 #742C74

triadic

#502C74 #74502C #2C7450

tetradic

#502C74 #742C2C #50742C #2C7474

square

#502C74 #742C2C #50742C #2C7474

split-complementary

#502C74 #74742C #2C742C

monochromatic

#130A1B #311B48 #502C74 #6F3DA0 #8D5AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#502C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#502C74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C74

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C74	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.121 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84679c',
    500: '#502c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c74;
$custom-light: #84679c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37619,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C74

secondary

#7EA656

accent

#D55394

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C74

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

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