#502D8A#502D8A

#502D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.147 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502D8A
RGB	rgb(80, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.89, 37.29, -46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.89, 59.35, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% 0.0651 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.147 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8329, 5.4170, 24.6200)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502D8A #678A2D

analogous

#2D388A #502D8A #7E2D8A

triadic

#502D8A #8A502D #2D8A50

tetradic

#502D8A #8A2D38 #678A2D #2D8A7E

square

#502D8A #8A2D38 #678A2D #2D8A7E

split-complementary

#502D8A #8A7E2D #388A2D

monochromatic

#1A0F2E #351E5C #502D8A #6B3CB8 #8C65CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#502D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#502D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502D8A

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502D8A	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.147 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668ad',
    500: '#502d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502d8a;
$custom-light: #8668ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.581,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39458,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502D8A

secondary

#94B360

accent

#DA4DA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502D8A

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

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