#502C81#502C81

#502C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.137 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C81
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 35.35, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 54.90, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.0673 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.137 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1704, 5.0917, 21.3170)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C81 #5D812C

analogous

#2C3381 #502C81 #7B2C81

triadic

#502C81 #81502C #2C8150

tetradic

#502C81 #812C33 #5D812C #2C817B

square

#502C81 #812C33 #5D812C #2C817B

split-complementary

#502C81 #817B2C #33812C

monochromatic

#170D26 #341C53 #502C81 #6C3CAF #8C5FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#502C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#502C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C81

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C81	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.137 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567a6',
    500: '#502c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c81;
$custom-light: #8567a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 49.133,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38593,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C81

secondary

#8BAF5A

accent

#D94F9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C81

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

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