#502C99#502C99

#502C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.167 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C99
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 42.09, -53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 68.26, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% 0.0638 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.167 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9571, 5.8064, 30.7269)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C99 #75992C

analogous

#2C3E99 #502C99 #862C99

triadic

#502C99 #99502C #2C9950

tetradic

#502C99 #992C3E #75992C #2C9986

square

#502C99 #992C3E #75992C #2C9986

split-complementary

#502C99 #99862C #3E992C

monochromatic

#1E113A #371E69 #502C99 #693BC7 #8E6BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#502C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#502C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C99

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C99	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.167 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b8',
    500: '#502c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c99;
$custom-light: #8868b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.817,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40578,
    "c": 0.16668,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C99

secondary

#9FBB66

accent

#DF49AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C99

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

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