#502E8D#502E8D

#502E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.149 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E8D
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 37.58, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 60.42, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0636 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.149 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0917, 5.5823, 25.7926)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E8D #6B8D2E

analogous

#2E3C8D #502E8D #802E8D

triadic

#502E8D #8D502E #2E8D50

tetradic

#502E8D #8D2E3C #6B8D2E #2E8D80

square

#502E8D #8D2E3C #6B8D2E #2E8D80

split-complementary

#502E8D #8D802E #3C8D2E

monochromatic

#1C1031 #361F5F #502E8D #6A3DBB #8C68CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#502E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#502E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E8D

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E8D	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.149 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669af',
    500: '#502e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e8d;
$custom-light: #8669af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.474,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39851,
    "c": 0.14934,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E8D

secondary

#97B562

accent

#DA4EA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E8D

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

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