#503A79#503A79

#503A79 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.104 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503A79
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 35%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 52.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.69, 24.62, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.69, 40.89, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0483 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.104 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2717, 6.1120, 18.8294)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503A79 #63793A

analogous

#3A4479 #503A79 #6F3A79

triadic

#503A79 #79503A #3A7950

tetradic

#503A79 #793A44 #63793A #3A796F

square

#503A79 #793A44 #63793A #3A796F

split-complementary

#503A79 #796F3A #44793A

monochromatic

#191226 #352650 #503A79 #6B4EA2 #8C72BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#503A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#503A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503A79

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503A79	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24467B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.104 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370a0',
    500: '#503a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503a79;
$custom-light: #8370a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.952,
    "s": 35.196,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40403,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503A79

secondary

#90A56A

accent

#CB5DA5

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #503A79

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

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