#502E91#502E91

#502E91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.154 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E91
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 145)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 38.72, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 62.66, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0631 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.154 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3947, 5.7035, 27.3885)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E91 #6F912E

analogous

#2E3E91 #502E91 #812E91

triadic

#502E91 #91502E #2E9150

tetradic

#502E91 #912E3E #6F912E #2E9181

square

#502E91 #912E3E #6F912E #2E9181

split-complementary

#502E91 #91812E #3E912E

monochromatic

#1D1134 #361F63 #502E91 #6A3DBF #8D6AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#502E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#502E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E91

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E91	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.154 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b2',
    500: '#502e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e91;
$custom-light: #8769b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.606,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4018,
    "c": 0.15433,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E91

secondary

#9AB764

accent

#DB4DAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E91

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

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