#502E8F#502E8F

#502E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.152 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E8F
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 38.15, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 61.54, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0634 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.152 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2419, 5.6424, 26.5834)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E8F #6D8F2E

analogous

#2E3D8F #502E8F #812E8F

triadic

#502E8F #8F502E #2E8F50

tetradic

#502E8F #8F2E3D #6D8F2E #2E8F81

square

#502E8F #8F2E3D #6D8F2E #2E8F81

split-complementary

#502E8F #8F812E #3D8F2E

monochromatic

#1C1032 #361F61 #502E8F #6A3DBD #8C69CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#502E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#502E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E8F

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E8F	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.152 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b1',
    500: '#502e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e8f;
$custom-light: #8769b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.031,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40015,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E8F

secondary

#99B663

accent

#DB4DA9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E8F

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

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