#502C87#502C87

#502C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.145 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C87
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 67.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.45, 37.01, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.45, 58.28, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0666 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.145 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5810, 5.2560, 23.4794)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.11

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C87 #63872C

analogous

#2C3687 #502C87 #7D2C87

triadic

#502C87 #87502C #2C8750

tetradic

#502C87 #872C36 #63872C #2C877D

square

#502C87 #872C36 #63872C #2C877D

split-complementary

#502C87 #877D2C #36872C

monochromatic

#190E2B #351D59 #502C87 #6B3BB5 #8C62CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#502C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#502C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C87

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C87	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.145 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667ab',
    500: '#502c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c87;
$custom-light: #8667ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.736,
    "s": 50.838,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39068,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C87

secondary

#90B25D

accent

#DA4DA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C87

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

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