#502F8A#502F8A

#502F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.144 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502F8A
RGB	rgb(80, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 36.15, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 58.11, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% 0.0628 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.144 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9110, 5.5733, 24.6461)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502F8A #698A2F

analogous

#2F3C8A #502F8A #7E2F8A

triadic

#502F8A #8A502F #2F8A50

tetradic

#502F8A #8A2F3C #698A2F #2F8A7E

square

#502F8A #8A2F3C #698A2F #2F8A7E

split-complementary

#502F8A #8A7E2F #3C8A2F

monochromatic

#1B102F #361F5C #502F8A #6A3FB8 #8C68CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#502F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#502F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502F8A

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502F8A	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.144 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669ad',
    500: '#502f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502f8a;
$custom-light: #8669ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.758,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3976,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502F8A

secondary

#95B362

accent

#D94FA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502F8A

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

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