#502E98#502E98

#502E98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.163 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E98
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 152)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 40.72, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 66.54, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.062 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.163 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9512, 5.9261, 30.3192)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.54

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E98 #76982E

analogous

#2E4198 #502E98 #852E98

triadic

#502E98 #98502E #2E9850

tetradic

#502E98 #982E41 #76982E #2E9885

square

#502E98 #982E41 #76982E #2E9885

split-complementary

#502E98 #98852E #41982E

monochromatic

#1F123A #372069 #502E98 #6A3EC5 #8E6DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#502E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#502E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E98

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E98	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.163 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b7',
    500: '#502e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e98;
$custom-light: #8869b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4077,
    "c": 0.16298,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E98

secondary

#A0BA68

accent

#DD4BAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E98

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

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