#502C7E#502C7E

#502C7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.133 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C7E
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 34.52, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 53.20, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0675 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.133 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9739, 5.0131, 20.2822)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C7E #5A7E2C

analogous

#2C317E #502C7E #792C7E

triadic

#502C7E #7E502C #2C7E50

tetradic

#502C7E #7E2C31 #5A7E2C #2C7E79

square

#502C7E #7E2C31 #5A7E2C #2C7E79

split-complementary

#502C7E #7E792C #317E2C

monochromatic

#160C23 #331C51 #502C7E #6D3CAB #8C5EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#502C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#502C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C7E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C7E	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.133 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567a4',
    500: '#502c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c7e;
$custom-light: #8567a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.341,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38362,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C7E

secondary

#88AD59

accent

#D8509C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C7E

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

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