#502E8B#502E8B

#502E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.147 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E8B
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 37.01, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 59.29, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.69% 0.0639 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(39.69% 0.147 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9442, 5.5234, 25.0160)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E8B #698B2E

analogous

#2E3B8B #502E8B #7F2E8B

triadic

#502E8B #8B502E #2E8B50

tetradic

#502E8B #8B2E3B #698B2E #2E8B7F

square

#502E8B #8B2E3B #698B2E #2E8B7F

split-complementary

#502E8B #8B7F2E #3B8B2E

monochromatic

#1B102F #361F5D #502E8B #6A3DB9 #8C67CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#502E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#502E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E8B

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E8B	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.147 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669ae',
    500: '#502e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e8b;
$custom-light: #8669ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.935,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39688,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E8B

secondary

#95B361

accent

#DA4EA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E8B

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

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