#503A78#503A78

#503A78 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.103 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503A78
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 120)
HSL	hsl(261, 35%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 51.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 24.34, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 40.29, 307.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.0482 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.103 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.2107, 6.0876, 18.5081)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503A78 #62783A

analogous

#3A4378 #503A78 #6F3A78

triadic

#503A78 #78503A #3A7850

tetradic

#503A78 #783A43 #62783A #3A786F

square

#503A78 #783A43 #62783A #3A786F

split-complementary

#503A78 #786F3A #43783A

monochromatic

#191225 #34264F #503A78 #6C4EA1 #8C72BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#503A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#503A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503A78

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503A78	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25467A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.103 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83709f',
    500: '#503a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503a78;
$custom-light: #83709f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 34.831,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40337,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.06088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503A78

secondary

#8FA46A

accent

#CB5DA4

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #503A78

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

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