#502E8E#502E8E

#502E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.151 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E8E
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 37.86, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 60.98, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.93% 0.0635 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(39.93% 0.151 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1664, 5.6122, 26.1863)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E8E #6C8E2E

analogous

#2E3C8E #502E8E #802E8E

triadic

#502E8E #8E502E #2E8E50

tetradic

#502E8E #8E2E3C #6C8E2E #2E8E80

square

#502E8E #8E2E3C #6C8E2E #2E8E80

split-complementary

#502E8E #8E802E #3C8E2E

monochromatic

#1C1032 #361F60 #502E8E #6A3DBC #8C68CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#502E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#502E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E8E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E8E	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.151 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669b0',
    500: '#502e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e8e;
$custom-light: #8669b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.25,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39932,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E8E

secondary

#98B563

accent

#DB4DA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E8E

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

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