#502EA5#502EA5

#502EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.179 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502EA5
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 44.47, -58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 73.64, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.0595 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.179 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0748, 6.3756, 36.2371)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502EA5 #83A52E

analogous

#2E48A5 #502EA5 #8C2EA5

triadic

#502EA5 #A5502E #2EA550

tetradic

#502EA5 #A52E48 #83A52E #2EA58C

square

#502EA5 #A52E48 #83A52E #2EA58C

split-complementary

#502EA5 #A58C2E #48A52E

monochromatic

#221345 #392175 #502EA5 #6B45CB #9175D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#502EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#502EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502EA5

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502EA5	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.179 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ac1',
    500: '#502ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502ea5;
$custom-light: #8a6ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41911,
    "c": 0.17875,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502EA5

secondary

#A9C06F

accent

#E048B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #502EA5

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

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