#502C8B#502C8B

#502C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.150 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C8B
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 38.13, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 60.52, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.0661 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.15 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8679, 5.3707, 24.9905)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C8B #678B2C

analogous

#2C378B #502C8B #7F2C8B

triadic

#502C8B #8B502C #2C8B50

tetradic

#502C8B #8B2C37 #678B2C #2C8B7F

square

#502C8B #8B2C37 #678B2C #2C8B7F

split-complementary

#502C8B #8B7F2C #378B2C

monochromatic

#1A0F2E #351D5D #502C8B #6B3BB9 #8C64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#502C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#502C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C8B

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C8B	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.150 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668ae',
    500: '#502c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c8b;
$custom-light: #8668ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.737,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39393,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C8B

secondary

#94B45F

accent

#DB4CA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C8B

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

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