#502D79#502D79

#502D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.125 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502D79
RGB	rgb(80, 45, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.63, 32.58, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.63, 49.71, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% 0.0665 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.125 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.6970, 4.9627, 18.6378)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502D79 #56792D

analogous

#2D3079 #502D79 #762D79

triadic

#502D79 #79502D #2D7950

tetradic

#502D79 #792D30 #56792D #2D7976

square

#502D79 #792D30 #56792D #2D7976

split-complementary

#502D79 #79762D #30792D

monochromatic

#150C20 #331C4C #502D79 #6D3EA6 #8C5DC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#502D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#502D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502D79

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502D79	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 45, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.125 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468a0',
    500: '#502d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502d79;
$custom-light: #8468a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.632,
    "s": 45.783,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38143,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502D79

secondary

#84A958

accent

#D55299

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #502D79

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

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