#502F8D#502F8D

#502F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.148 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502F8D
RGB	rgb(80, 47, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 37.01, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 59.80, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0625 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.148 295)
XYZ	xyz(9.1312, 5.6614, 25.8058)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502F8D #6C8D2F

analogous

#2F3D8D #502F8D #7F2F8D

triadic

#502F8D #8D502F #2F8D50

tetradic

#502F8D #8D2F3D #6C8D2F #2F8D7F

square

#502F8D #8D2F3D #6C8D2F #2F8D7F

split-complementary

#502F8D #8D7F2F #3D8D2F

monochromatic

#1C1031 #36205F #502F8D #6A3EBB #8C69CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#502F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#502F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502F8D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502F8D	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 47, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.148 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866aaf',
    500: '#502f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502f8d;
$custom-light: #866aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.064,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40001,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.05662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502F8D

secondary

#98B464

accent

#DA4EA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #502F8D

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

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