#502E97#502E97

#502E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.162 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E97
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, 40.43, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 65.99, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0622 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.162 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8696, 5.8935, 29.8897)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.68

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E97 #75972E

analogous

#2E4097 #502E97 #842E97

triadic

#502E97 #97502E #2E9750

tetradic

#502E97 #972E40 #75972E #2E9784

square

#502E97 #972E40 #75972E #2E9784

split-complementary

#502E97 #97842E #40972E

monochromatic

#1E1139 #372068 #502E97 #693EC4 #8E6DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#502E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#502E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E97

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E97	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.162 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b6',
    500: '#502e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e97;
$custom-light: #8869b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.429,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40685,
    "c": 0.16175,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E97

secondary

#9FBA67

accent

#DD4BAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E97

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

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