#502F8B#502F8B

#502F8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.145 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502F8B
RGB	rgb(80, 47, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 66.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 36.44, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 58.67, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% 0.0627 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.145 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9838, 5.6024, 25.0291)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502F8B #6A8B2F

analogous

#2F3C8B #502F8B #7E2F8B

triadic

#502F8B #8B502F #2F8B50

tetradic

#502F8B #8B2F3C #6A8B2F #2F8B7E

square

#502F8B #8B2F3C #6A8B2F #2F8B7E

split-complementary

#502F8B #8B7E2F #3C8B2F

monochromatic

#1B1030 #36205D #502F8B #6A3EB9 #8C68CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#502F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#502F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502F8B

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502F8B	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 47, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.145 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669ae',
    500: '#502f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502f8b;
$custom-light: #8669ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.522,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3984,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502F8B

secondary

#96B363

accent

#D94FA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502F8B

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

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