#502E8A#502E8A

#502E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.146 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E8A
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.10, 36.73, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.10, 58.73, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.064 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.146 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8715, 5.4943, 24.6329)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E8A #688A2E

analogous

#2E3A8A #502E8A #7E2E8A

triadic

#502E8A #8A502E #2E8A50

tetradic

#502E8A #8A2E3A #688A2E #2E8A7E

square

#502E8A #8A2E3A #688A2E #2E8A7E

split-complementary

#502E8A #8A7E2E #3A8A2E

monochromatic

#1B0F2E #351F5C #502E8A #6B3DB8 #8C66CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#502E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#502E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E8A

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E8A	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.146 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669ad',
    500: '#502e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e8a;
$custom-light: #8669ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.174,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39608,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E8A

secondary

#95B361

accent

#DA4EA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E8A

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

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