#502E71#502E71

#502E71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.114 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E71
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 113)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 59%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 59.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 29.83, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 44.47, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0651 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.114 305)
XYZ	xyz(7.2653, 4.8518, 16.1733)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E71 #4F712E

analogous

#2E2E71 #502E71 #712E70

triadic

#502E71 #71502E #2E7150

tetradic

#502E71 #712E2E #4F712E #2E7071

square

#502E71 #712E2E #4F712E #2E7071

split-complementary

#502E71 #70712E #2E712E

monochromatic

#120B1A #311C46 #502E71 #6F409C #8D5DBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#502E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#502E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E71

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E71	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.114 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83689a',
    500: '#502e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e71;
$custom-light: #83689a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.448,
    "s": 42.138,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37734,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E71

secondary

#7DA258

accent

#D25693

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E71

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

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