#502EAE#502EAE

#502EAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.189 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502EAE
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 47.07, -62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 78.47, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.0575 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.189 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9230, 6.7149, 40.7040)
Luminance	0.0672 (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

#502EAE #8CAE2E

analogous

#2E4CAE #502EAE #902EAE

triadic

#502EAE #AE502E #2EAE50

tetradic

#502EAE #AE2E4C #8CAE2E #2EAE90

square

#502EAE #AE2E4C #8CAE2E #2EAE90

split-complementary

#502EAE #AE902E #4CAE2E

monochromatic

#23144D #3A217E #502EAE #6D4ACF #947ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#502EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#502EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502EAE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502EAE	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.189 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ac7',
    500: '#502eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502eae;
$custom-light: #8b6ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.938,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42731,
    "c": 0.18946,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502EAE

secondary

#AFC474

accent

#E146B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #502EAE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →