#502CB5#502CB5

#502CB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.200 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502CB5
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 181)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 50.08, -66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 83.23, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.0573 -0.1913)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.2 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5469, 6.8423, 44.3667)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.04

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502CB5 #91B52C

analogous

#2C4DB5 #502CB5 #952CB5

triadic

#502CB5 #B5502C #2CB550

tetradic

#502CB5 #B52C4D #91B52C #2CB595

square

#502CB5 #B52C4D #91B52C #2CB595

split-complementary

#502CB5 #B5952C #4DB52C

monochromatic

#241453 #3A2084 #502CB5 #6F4BD3 #967CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#502CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#502CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502CB5

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502CB5	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.200 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69cc',
    500: '#502cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502cb5;
$custom-light: #8c69cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.766,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43138,
    "c": 0.19971,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502CB5

secondary

#B2C875

accent

#E444BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #502CB5

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

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