#502CA9#502CA9

#502CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.186 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502CA9
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 46.66, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 76.90, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0603 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.186 289)
XYZ	xyz(11.3683, 6.3709, 38.1591)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502CA9 #85A92C

analogous

#2C47A9 #502CA9 #8F2CA9

triadic

#502CA9 #A9502C #2CA950

tetradic

#502CA9 #A92C47 #85A92C #2CA98F

square

#502CA9 #A92C47 #85A92C #2CA98F

split-complementary

#502CA9 #A98F2C #47A92C

monochromatic

#221348 #391F78 #502CA9 #6C44CE #9274DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#502CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#502CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502CA9

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502CA9	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.186 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c4',
    500: '#502ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502ca9;
$custom-light: #8a69c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.28,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42013,
    "c": 0.18574,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.06371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502CA9

secondary

#AAC36E

accent

#E246B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #502CA9

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

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