#502F8F#502F8F

#502F8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.150 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502F8F
RGB	rgb(80, 47, 143)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 67.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 37.58, -47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 60.93, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0622 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.15 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2814, 5.7214, 26.5966)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502F8F #6E8F2F

analogous

#2F3E8F #502F8F #802F8F

triadic

#502F8F #8F502F #2F8F50

tetradic

#502F8F #8F2F3E #6E8F2F #2F8F80

square

#502F8F #8F2F3E #6E8F2F #2F8F80

split-complementary

#502F8F #8F802F #3E8F2F

monochromatic

#1C1133 #362061 #502F8F #6A3EBD #8D6ACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#502F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#502F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502F8F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502F8F	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 47, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.150 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ab1',
    500: '#502f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502f8f;
$custom-light: #866ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 50.526,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40163,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502F8F

secondary

#9AB565

accent

#DA4EAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #502F8F

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

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