#502D7E#502D7E

#502D7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.132 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502D7E
RGB	rgb(80, 45, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 64.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 33.95, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 52.56, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0662 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.132 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0116, 5.0885, 20.2947)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502D7E #5B7E2D

analogous

#2D327E #502D7E #782D7E

triadic

#502D7E #7E502D #2D7E50

tetradic

#502D7E #7E2D32 #5B7E2D #2D7E78

square

#502D7E #7E2D32 #5B7E2D #2D7E78

split-complementary

#502D7E #7E782D #327E2D

monochromatic

#170D24 #331D51 #502D7E #6D3DAB #8C5FC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#502D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#502D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502D7E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502D7E	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 45, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.132 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568a4',
    500: '#502d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502d7e;
$custom-light: #8568a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.926,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38516,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502D7E

secondary

#89AC5A

accent

#D7519D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502D7E

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

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