#502C78#502C78

#502C78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.126 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C78
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 120)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 63.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.34, 32.89, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.34, 49.79, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0678 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.126 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5983, 4.8629, 18.3040)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C78 #54782C

analogous

#2C2E78 #502C78 #762C78

triadic

#502C78 #78502C #2C7850

tetradic

#502C78 #782C2E #54782C #2C7876

square

#502C78 #782C2E #54782C #2C7876

split-complementary

#502C78 #78762C #2E782C

monochromatic

#140B1E #321C4B #502C78 #6E3CA5 #8C5BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#502C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#502C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C78

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C78	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013E7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173E76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.126 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84679f',
    500: '#502c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c78;
$custom-light: #84679f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37911,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C78

secondary

#82A957

accent

#D65297

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C78

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

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