#502E7E#502E7E

#502E7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.130 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E7E
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 33.36, -39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 51.92, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0649 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.13 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0502, 5.1658, 20.3076)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E7E #5C7E2E

analogous

#2E347E #502E7E #782E7E

triadic

#502E7E #7E502E #2E7E50

tetradic

#502E7E #7E2E34 #5C7E2E #2E7E78

square

#502E7E #7E2E34 #5C7E2E #2E7E78

split-complementary

#502E7E #7E782E #347E2E

monochromatic

#170D24 #341E51 #502E7E #6C3EAB #8C61C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#502E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#502E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E7E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E7E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.130 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568a4',
    500: '#502e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e7e;
$custom-light: #8568a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 46.512,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38674,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E7E

secondary

#8AAC5C

accent

#D6529E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E7E

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

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