#502C8A#502C8A

#502C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.148 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C8A
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.69, 37.85, -46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.69, 59.96, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.0663 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.148 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7952, 5.3416, 24.6075)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C8A #668A2C

analogous

#2C378A #502C8A #7F2C8A

triadic

#502C8A #8A502C #2C8A50

tetradic

#502C8A #8A2C37 #668A2C #2C8A7F

square

#502C8A #8A2C37 #668A2C #2C8A7F

split-complementary

#502C8A #8A7F2C #378A2C

monochromatic

#1A0E2D #351D5C #502C8A #6B3BB8 #8C63CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#502C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#502C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C8A

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C8A	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.148 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668ad',
    500: '#502c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c8a;
$custom-light: #8668ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.979,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39311,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C8A

secondary

#93B45E

accent

#DB4DA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C8A

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

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