#502E9B#502E9B

#502E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.167 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E9B
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, 41.58, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 68.19, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% 0.0615 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.167 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2000, 6.0257, 31.6296)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E9B #799B2E

analogous

#2E429B #502E9B #872E9B

triadic

#502E9B #9B502E #2E9B50

tetradic

#502E9B #9B2E42 #799B2E #2E9B87

square

#502E9B #9B2E42 #799B2E #2E9B87

split-complementary

#502E9B #9B872E #429B2E

monochromatic

#1F123D #38206C #502E9B #6A40C6 #8F6FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#502E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#502E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E9B

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E9B	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.167 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b9',
    500: '#502e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e9b;
$custom-light: #8869b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.716,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41029,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E9B

secondary

#A2BC69

accent

#DE4AB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E9B

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

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