#502C97#502C97

#502C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.164 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C97
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.75, 41.52, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.75, 67.16, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0642 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.164 293)
XYZ	xyz(9.7933, 5.7409, 29.8643)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C97 #73972C

analogous

#2C3D97 #502C97 #852C97

triadic

#502C97 #97502C #2C9750

tetradic

#502C97 #972C3D #73972C #2C9785

square

#502C97 #972C3D #73972C #2C9785

split-complementary

#502C97 #97852C #3D972C

monochromatic

#1E1038 #371E68 #502C97 #693AC6 #8D6AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#502C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#502C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C97

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C97	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.164 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b6',
    500: '#502c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c97;
$custom-light: #8868b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.187,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40404,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C97

secondary

#9DBA65

accent

#DE4AAC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C97

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

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