#502C98#502C98

#502C98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.165 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C98
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 152)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.83, 41.81, -53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.83, 67.71, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.064 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.165 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8749, 5.7735, 30.2938)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C98 #74982C

analogous

#2C3E98 #502C98 #862C98

triadic

#502C98 #98502C #2C9850

tetradic

#502C98 #982C3E #74982C #2C9886

square

#502C98 #982C3E #74982C #2C9886

split-complementary

#502C98 #98862C #3E982C

monochromatic

#1E1139 #371E69 #502C98 #693BC6 #8E6AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#502C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#502C98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C98

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C98	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.165 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b7',
    500: '#502c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c98;
$custom-light: #8868b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40491,
    "c": 0.16547,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C98

secondary

#9EBB65

accent

#DE49AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C98

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

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