#502E9A#502E9A

#502E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.165 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E9A
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 41.30, -53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 67.64, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0616 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.165 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1164, 5.9922, 31.1892)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.26

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E9A #789A2E

analogous

#2E429A #502E9A #862E9A

triadic

#502E9A #9A502E #2E9A50

tetradic

#502E9A #9A2E42 #789A2E #2E9A86

square

#502E9A #9A2E42 #789A2E #2E9A86

split-complementary

#502E9A #9A862E #429A2E

monochromatic

#1F123C #38206B #502E9A #6A3FC6 #8E6FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#502E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#502E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E9A

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E9A	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.165 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b9',
    500: '#502e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e9a;
$custom-light: #8869b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.889,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40942,
    "c": 0.16543,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E9A

secondary

#A1BB69

accent

#DD4AAF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E9A

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

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