#502C8F#502C8F

#502C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.154 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C8F
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.09, 39.26, -48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.09, 62.75, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% 0.0655 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.155 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1655, 5.4898, 26.5580)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C8F #6B8F2C

analogous

#2C3A8F #502C8F #822C8F

triadic

#502C8F #8F502C #2C8F50

tetradic

#502C8F #8F2C3A #6B8F2C #2C8F82

square

#502C8F #8F2C3A #6B8F2C #2C8F82

split-complementary

#502C8F #8F822C #3A8F2C

monochromatic

#1C0F31 #361E60 #502C8F #6A3ABE #8C66D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#502C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#502C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C8F

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C8F	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.154 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b1',
    500: '#502c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c8f;
$custom-light: #8768b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39724,
    "c": 0.1545,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C8F

secondary

#97B661

accent

#DC4BA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C8F

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

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