#502C8E#502C8E

#502C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.153 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C8E
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 38.97, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 62.19, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% 0.0657 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.153 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0901, 5.4596, 26.1608)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C8E #6A8E2C

analogous

#2C398E #502C8E #812C8E

triadic

#502C8E #8E502C #2C8E50

tetradic

#502C8E #8E2C39 #6A8E2C #2C8E81

square

#502C8E #8E2C39 #6A8E2C #2C8E81

split-complementary

#502C8E #8E812C #398E2C

monochromatic

#1B0F31 #361E5F #502C8E #6A3ABD #8C65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#502C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#502C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C8E

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C8E	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.153 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b0',
    500: '#502c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c8e;
$custom-light: #8768b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.041,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39641,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C8E

secondary

#96B660

accent

#DC4CA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C8E

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

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