#503A8A#503A8A
#503A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.128 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #503A8A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(80, 58, 138) |
| HSL | hsl(257, 41%, 38%) |
| HSV | hsv(257, 58%, 54%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(42%, 58%, 0%, 45.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.80, 29.57, -41.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(30.80, 50.93, 305.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(41.58% 0.0492 -0.1179) |
| OKLCH | oklch(41.58% 0.128 292.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.4075, 6.5663, 24.8116) |
| Luminance | 0.0657 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Darkslateblue
#483D8B
ΔE00 2.26
Blueberry
#464196
ΔE00 4.12
Rebeccapurple
#663399
ΔE00 5.39
Ocean Blue
#4F42B5
ΔE00 7.33
Twilight
#4E518B
ΔE00 8.17
Sapphire (survey)
#2138AB
ΔE00 8.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#503A8A #748A3A
analogous
#3A4C8A #503A8A #783A8A
triadic
#503A8A #8A503A #3A8A50
tetradic
#503A8A #8A3A4C #748A3A #3A8A78
square
#503A8A #8A3A4C #748A3A #3A8A78
split-complementary
#503A8A #8A783A #4C8A3A
monochromatic
#1E1634 #37285F #503A8A #694DB4 #8E78C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
9.08
#503A8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.31
#503A8A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #503A8A
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##503A8A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##503A8A | 1.00 | 9.08 | 2.31 | 9.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 9.08 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 9.08 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#0F4A8D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#164788
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#404B5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #503a8a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 138); /* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.128 292.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8571ad',
500: '#503a8a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #503a8a; $custom-light: #8571ad; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#503a8a",
"rgb": {
"r": 80,
"g": 58,
"b": 138
},
"hsl": {
"h": 256.5,
"s": 40.816,
"l": 38.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.41578,
"c": 0.12779,
"h": 292.6
},
"luminance": 0.06567
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#503A8A
secondary
#9EB070
accent
#D157AF
background
#F8F6FA
surface
#F0ECF4
border
#CBC7CE
text
#0B0710
muted
#7C7A7F